Another Brooks saddle question(s)

[Eden]

No - there are people who like a Brooks on their race bikes. Even in a more aggressive position you should still be bearing your weight on your sit bones, certainly not on your pubic bone, and at least for me, sitting more upright moves the bulkiest part of my soft tissues closer to the saddle rather than further away and would be more painful on a solid saddle than a more dropped position.

It has more to do with your anatomy whether or not you like a solid saddle or a cut out saddle. My mom had a saddle that was basically a little thin piece of leather over a *solid* metal frame that she loved.... Some of us just have less compact soft tissues than others. I can have a perfectly fine saddle for sit bone support, but my sit bones alone are not tall enough to protect all of my softer bits, so if it does not have a cutout I'll get nasty soft tissue compression, rubbing, numbness, sores the whole deal. It is not at all pleasant and I would never be happy on a solid saddle for any extended period of time.