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I had the initial idea of breaking it in 'like a man' which was put to bed after the first full day on it without a pad... I think I spent the last half of the day out the saddle my arse hurt so much.
First few days of riding it with bibs were not particularly pleasant either. Instantly comfortable in terms of shape as soon as I pointed up the nose up to stop sliding forwards. Not agonisingly painful as described above, but my sitbones were aware they had been perched on something rather solid by the end of the day.
Now at the point where it is no different to riding any other race saddle for a full day, so planning to transition from bibs > padded underwear > normal underwear > full nudes.
Construction of it is pretty amazing, put it next to any other leather saddle and it will make the other one look and feel like a cheap POS.