2011-04-09 Sat - The London Tweed Run 3

on a similar note, I've got some NOS 80's specialized track gloves with leather palms. I always wipe the sweat away from my forehead with my left hand, and the leather on my left glove is now soft as a cushion, but the right is still crisp as paper.

So, you're suggesting that riding 'bareback' as it were is the path to a speedily broken-in Brooks?