Utility Cycling - Suspension saddles?

Does anybody have any experience with suspension saddles?

My current saddle is this old gel saddle that I gotten 5 years ago to replace the stock saddle of a x-mart bike. It's good for 9 or so miles, but after that the softness of the saddle start making my booty numb.

I usually ride the roads that ranges from 'extremely smooth' to 'extremely bumpy', side walks when it makes sense, sometimes I ride trails that horses use, (in other words these trails are like washboards!), and sometimes I like to be adventurous and explore and trailblaze.

I dont really care about weight, I'm concern about comfort because this bike is slowly being used more and more for 20+ miles round trips. That and I'm not exactly the spitting image of an athletic young male.

So how are those suspension saddles?

If you are speaking of sprung saddles, I have a handful of Brooks sprung saddles and they are the most comfortable saddles I've ever used.

I live on a dirt road as well.

The B67 is a great saddle for an upright position, the Champion Flyer is a good one for a more aggressive posture.

Is Brooks the only manufacture of suspension saddles? The only other suspension saddles I see are oversize pillows hot-glued to saddles.

There are lots of wider saddles with springs in ordinary bike shops. You need one of those if you are riding upright, because all of your weight is on there. I don't think you need to go to an expensive Brooks leather saddle on a bike like you have.

Are you saying something about my significant other (bicycle)? :notamused:

Frankly I don't understand why an inexpensive bike shouldn't have a comfortable or quality saddle.

Frankly I don't understand why an inexpensive bike shouldn't have a comfortable or quality saddle.

Exactly. The saddle isn't for the cheap bike. It's for the rider. For helmets, you sometimes hear the advice, "What's your head worth?" For saddles, maybe the advice should be, "What's your *** worth?"

Eric