Too much gel is not good. Feels nice and soft on short rides but then turns against you.
You are supposed to sit on your sitbones, That is what they are for. If you sit on a firm saddle with springs you get suspension and comfort.
If you sit on a gel saddle w or wo springs your sitbones sinks into the gel. The soft area (on your body) around and in front of the sitbones therefor get preassure from the gel pushing upwards (since the sitbones are sinking in). After a short time this starts giving you pain since this area is not ment for such preassure.
A lot of peopel think the pain is becouse the saddle is not soft enogh and they buy a softer gel seat, or a gel seat cover.
Last edited by badmother; 08-14-09 at 05:29 PM.
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