Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy

The leather thing is a tiny corner of the bike world with dedicated aficionados. I did randonneuring up until a few years ago. Out of 100 starters on a 400k, there might have been 2 leather saddles. Plus there's the whole rainwater thing. The leather folks are way over-represented in saddle threads on BF. I don't carry a torch for any particular saddle. I think there's a good reason why there are hundreds of different saddle models. It's not just capitalism run amuck.