The utility cyclist wrote:Now, Fizik ti railed job on my daily, good for 100mile rides no problem, have about 28,000 miles on it. Also use a Brooks Swift on my winter/audax/tourer, that's pretty good, I can ride either in undercrackers and walking shorts no problem whatsoever. My fave racing saddle is an Arione though use a selle Italia carbon rail job which for me is just ok and is going to get replaced..
In the past and my favourite saddle ever was a Selle San Marco, not quite sure of precise model type but it was in the la vie claire team colours, rode it to destruction of the material over 10 years and still moved it on to someone else when it was crusted on the rails and sad in the garage.
I prefer saddles that warp to fit the whole nether and flex with one's thrusts rather than those that have padding and other softeners. The Fizik Kurves and similar models of theirs have a thin flexy shell & flexy rails; the Brookes mould to one's person over time and also flex in use.
The padded saddles have never worked for me. They seem always to end up with pressure points anyway, that become very tedious as the miles increase.
Cugel