>>991392There's a reason they are popular and it's not because they look "cool" (although it helps)
That said, it's not 1950 anymore, there are about 500 different knockoffs of that design so unless you are keen on showing off how not poor you are, you don't need to spend $150 to get a comfy saddle
Disregard crabbon freds who will fly into a rage at the idea of leather on a saddle, obviously if fred fashion is really important you can get one of these