I ride on it until/unless it proves to be unusable for me. Hasn't happened yet. I've ridden thousands of miles on each of at least 6 different saddles from several different brands (3x SI, 1x Avocet, 1x Brooks, 1x no-name stock), none has been so bad that I had to toss it. Two were stock with the bike (Avocet, no-name). They worked fine. The other 4 I bought myself either as selected with the bike build (2x SI, one Flite, one SLR, I think), or to replace a worn out saddle (SI Prolink), or to satisfy my curiosity (Brooks B17N).