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I have been thoroughly recommended brooks saddles by quite a few people and with a monster ride on the cards for the summer I thought now would be a good time to get one, to wear it in in advance. So, I just bite the bullet and got one at the weekend (team pro). I'm used to a specalized alias 143, which has one of cut away things so it does feel quite different - the team pro has the closest measurements to the spesh 143 as I could find. I'm as yet not sure if this is a bad different or just a different different, only time (and some miles) will tell I guess. It doesn't hurt or anything like that and it not 'uncomfortable', which is a good start I suppose.
I'm a little irritated with myself as I know I am paying more attention to what bits are touching the saddle than should be just because I'm paranoid and I'm sure I am over thinking things.
How long do people think is a good amount of time to give a saddle to decide if it's for you or not? I was thinking a few hundred miles, or do brooks take a bit longer to get used to?