Does anyone still use the old Brooks-style saddles? About 30+ years ago I bought my first road bike.  It had an old (used) Brooks leather saddle on it, whose design probably dated back to 1900 AD.  To anyone who hasn't seen these,


they look like a they were inspired by horse saddles, but tinier.  The leather is rock hard, but once they get broken in are surprisingly comfortable.

Nowadays the saddles you see in shops are all high-tech, lightweight creations.  I had to search, but found some ads for Brooks on Amazon.  So:  does anyone use them?  Or are they outdated and anachronistic?
Yes, people still use them and swear by them. 

I've seen them for sale in most of my local bike shops. The breaking-in thing (that they mold to your backside over time) is the big feature that everybody who uses one seems to love. They're very popular amongst the touring crowd, especially the B-17. Yesterday, I was volunteering at a huge road ride event and even saw some Brooks saddles on fancy new carbon bikes (though I think that was one with titanium rails).


Brooks' Website - where you can find out that the design dates to 1882 and that maybe part of why they seemed to somewhat go away and then resurge was that they were part of Raleigh and are on their own now...
Velo Orange's copies of Brooks saddles
Cardiff another company making copycat saddles