I suppose it all comes down to things like anatomy, riding style and positioning. The all-plastic saddle was torture for me - but so is a Brooks B-17. Well, after 25 years, I can finally get a Brooks properly broken in. I much prefer things like the San Marco Concor or Rolls.
Then again, I actually wear out those saddles, because my
thighs abrade the leather. The situation is exacerbated if you
ride in the rain. But life is full of compromises...
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> Perhaps my rump is as hard as my head, but I've been riding a
> plastic Unica
> since perhaps 1975, same saddle, and I don't mind it. If
> I've been off the
> bike for a while, I'm a bit tender after the first ride, but
> then there is
> no trouble.
>
> And, unlike the original Ideale saddle, there's no leather
> dye to keep
> rubbing off.
>
> Even the ventilation holes in the saddle (since the plastic
> can't breathe
> like leather would) have not been a source of chafing, as
> some predicted.
>
> - Joel Niemi / Snohomish, Washington, USA
>
>
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