Current Projects chat and miscellany

The leather is meant to be hard I think - it shouldn't be soft. I haven't really had to break mine in, I've proofed it once (following the instructions that came with it) and it's been a-ok since. I'm not sure how you know when it needs proofing again. I don't really slide around on it now, certainly a lot less now than when it was brand new, it was well slippery at first.

What model did you go for? I got a team pro at first (best looking they do imo) but didn't get on with it - there wasn't enough flat area at the back so I was either sitting on the rivets or too far forward on the narrower bit, so sold it and got a swift, which I get on with just fine.

I got the standard B17. I think I might have to swap for a flatter one, but I'll see after riding it for a bit. I don't get on with saddles with much of a slope on the back, they push me off the front so the nose puts pressure where it shouldn't.