In a message dated 8/21/01 11:48:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com writes:
> Leather dressing permeates by osmosis. It gets in quicker from the
> bottom which is more porous, so with a new saddle, doing both sides
> is good. Once the initial break-in is over, "maintenance" treatment
> can be done just to the top. At least that works for me...
>
>
I must confess I don't do it per Brooks website recommendations entirely.
I do all saddle bottoms at least once a year and then topsides as needed.
More I ride the more I treat the saddle. So some get it once a year and some
3 or 4 times. I avoid riding in the rain like the plague!
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA