Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
You could well be right re my hipster tax comment. I think Brooks are owned by Selle now. The Spa saddles are half the price and the quality is superb. I speak as a Brooks fan boy since the 70s. I think the older saddles have better leather and I tend to look for n.o.s now.Saddle fit depends on:
The rider's ar5e
The bike's riding position
Familiarity
Quality
Aesthetics
I could almost never swap a saddle from one of my Drop bar bikes to an mtb or flat/ riser bar one.
Drops, I love san Marco
Flat i love flite.
The charge saddle was excellent as a cheapish option - we sold loads, plenty of happy customers.
We sell Brooks too, and once in a while you'll get an earnest customer who really wants to love them, but gives up after a few thousand miles cos it's still not working for them.
And then you'll get others have literally ridden them round the world, till the rivets fell out.
I dont think they added a hipster tax at brooks though - I think it genuinely costs that much to make a saddle like that in the UK using victorian premises, methods and equipment.
They cost (from) a days work at the minimum wage.
Probably never been cheaper.