Good points, Andy. The butt is a real sore point.
I like the wider area of support of recumbent seats. Cruzbike actually has an optional 1# full profile recumbent carbon seat.
Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
This one of the short falls of recumbents. Either the rider gets bounced a bunch with typical narrow profile tires (with thick sidewalls), wider tires are used with their added weight, seats are slung/webbed or heavily padded, or actual suspension is used. Once again I'll say there's a reason that the vast majority of bikes have rider placement allowing weight to be shared by hands, feet and butt. Andy