ArkyKenny on 9/16/2013 12:35:59 PM:
My favorite seat is the Brooks Standard Aged B17 leather saddle. About $120 on ebay. Instead of it being a pad that wedges up in your "business", your pelvis bones perch on a leather hammock. Love them!
The "Aged" part of that means it is soft leather that needs minimal break in. To break it in (like a pair of boots), get the wide part of the seat wet with a soaked washcloth, beat the areas on the outer edge of the wide part of the saddle where pelvis will come in contact with the saddle with a rubber mallet, and then ride it on a short ride when the leather is still wet. The saddle comes with laces, that you want to string tight enough to allow it flex but not sag. Spend some time getting it "just right" in regard to being ever so slightly nose up on the bike, then don't worry about pain down there again.
Once you get it like you like it, you can even dye the raw leather with leather dye (not polish--about $6 a bottle). Keep it dry (plastic bags if you need to), and occasionally use a leather conditioner on it ....and it will last you forever.