"Revolutionary" saddle designs come onto the market every year, and these new technologies have much to offer for many riders. Nevertheless, many others may be best served by a technology that has not changed substantially in this century, the tensioned leather saddle.
From the dawn of history up through the early 1970's, virtually all good quality bicycles came with leather saddles. In the early '70's, plastic saddles started to make major inroads, and today only a few top end touring bikes come equipped with leather saddles. Does this mean that leather saddles are obsolete? NO! leather saddles are no more obsolete than leather baseball gloves!
Plastic vs Leather
Plastic saddles have four advantages over leather ones:
- They are lighter.
- They are weatherproof.
- They do not require breaking in.
- They are cheaper.
Leather saddles have only one advantage over plastic, but it is a big one:
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