Seat--seat interaction

Henry Braun <[email hidden]> wrote: ( At some point in the last few years my trousers have
started to fail on ) the backside rather than discreetly on the lower leg, and it has just ( struck
me that if my gel-and-kevlar saddle is at fault then I can justify ) a replacement.

Is it possible that at some point in the last few years you have taken to cycling more than
you used to?

(When I was was in full-time university research my trousers used to wear out on the front of the
thighs, but that was because of a table masquerading as a badly fitting office desk.)

Henry Braun said:

Tell me, O riders of Brooks saddles in your day clothes, do your trousers wear out at the knees,
cuffs, or seat first?

When I used to ride a brooks saddle, my trousers would wear out either at the knees (through
abrasion with tarmac and gravel) or the front of the thighs. Nowadays, my saddle and fashion have
both changed. The trousers allow somewhat more upper leg room, and I wear them out at the inner
thigh. The ensuing split usually then runs across my seat, as you put it. The Brooks was thrown away
by my father when moving house - that'll teach me for leaving it mounted on a bike from the ark.

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Geraint Jones said:

( At some point in the last few years my trousers have started to fail on ) the backside rather
than discreetly on the lower leg, and it has just ( struck me that if my gel-and-kevlar saddle is
at fault then I can justify ) a replacement.

Is it possible that at some point in the last few years you have taken to cycling more than you
used to?

It is more than possible; but it is not the relative damage done by my current saddle as compared
with its predecessors that I am interested in, it is the potential for savings in the wardrobe that
might justify a choice of its successor.

Quoted message said:

(When I was was in full-time university research my trousers used to wear out on the front of the
thighs, but that was because of a table masquerading as a badly fitting office desk.)

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