I rode my bicycle to a birthday celebration last night, hoping to dodge rain showers during a break. I was not so lucky and got caught in a torrential downpour. I don't kit up for weather save for my normal rain coat and a USMC-style duck hunter cap so I got drenched. I did see a couple of city bikes on the streets but there was no way in hell I was stopping to snap pics. I'm not that dedicated to this blog.

So I got nothing for you today in way of District Dutch bicycles. That said, I noticed this morning that Public Bikes has a sale on the B67 Brooks saddle for $96 USD. That is a really good price and you rarely see Brooks saddles on sale anywhere. I bought my B17 saddle locally at The Daily Rider because, y'know, I like to support my LBS but if you're pinching pennies and always wanted a Brooks Saddle, click it.

I love my Brooks saddle. Absolutely love it. Love it in the way you birthed a baby for 40 hours in labor, the kid turned out to be a shitty kid for the first 30 years of his/her life and made your life miserable, but then became a mature responsible adult and showed appreciation to their parent by buying you a surprise world cruise for your retirement. No joke, it is going to be a pain in the ass, literally, riding on a leather saddle at first. But once it is contoured specifically to your own ass, it is BUTTER. The sales guy at TDR said it takes a regular rider 3 months to break in their ass saddle. THREE MONTHS. And that is with lathering Proofide ever so lovingly on your saddle every week.

I'm not humble bragging or anything but if you ride every day, it will only take you like 3 weeks to break it in because that's how long it took my fat ass to do it. And I have a lot of fat on my backside so if you have a bony ass, it will probably take you 2 weeks of riding every day.

The leather saddle is one of those touches that I think make a Dutch-style bike look the part. So get one for your ride.