![]() ![]() This saddle is much better suited right out of the box. My last Brooks took a bit of work to become mountain bike friendly. Anyhow, the Cambium feels pretty much the same, front-to-back, so is much more acceptable of body English and haphazard movements. This isn’t a big problem on the road, but takes a bit of getting used to when you’re moving around on your saddle a lot. My broken-in leather Brooks is very comfortable, unless I move out of the sweet spot (we talked about this a bit already). Next, the saddle as a whole is a lot more forgiving. With the Cambium, what you see is what you get – just like every other saddle out there. ![]() With a standard Brooks it can be pretty exciting to think about how great things are going to be in a few weeks time. Except it means that this sucker isn’t going to get any more comfortable than it already is. First off, no more break-in period, which is a pretty great thing. There’re a couple of great ass-related things about the Cambium. Will I once again be able to shill for Brooks with little-to-no shame?ĭefinitely not leather. So it seems pretty interesting to me that Brooks has created a new saddle that seems to totally fix all of these things. I can cope with all of these things, but I would be intellectually dishonest with myself if I didn’t admit that I had been rethinking my position somewhat over the last few months. And, lastly, you have to worry about your saddle attempting to rip your lower body open like some kind of rabid weasel if you ride off the back of your bike. Then you have to consider that you can feel that solid steel frame through the leather if your ass gets a bit out of position. After all, hand-crafted leather isn’t the best choice of material for stomping around in the woods on a muddy day. Which is why I’m a bit saddened to reluctantly admit that they aren’t perfect for mountain biking. Like I said before (a paragraph ago, actually), I like Brooks saddles. ![]() That’s going on the resumé!) How is this one different than a classic leather Brooks? And I really needed an excuse to polish up my Photoshop skills. #26inchforlife (Please note that I was going to go to the effort of bolting a Brooks to a derelict bicycle downtown someplace, and then I was going to take a photo of it…but who has the time? Stealing photos off the Internet is much easier. ![]()
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