General Cycling Discussion - Unique saddle - the Easy Seat

This is a unique saddle from the 1970's called the Easy Seat. It came and went and almost nobody noticed.

I was lucky enough to get an original a couple of years ago. It is pretty neat. I used it for about a year. In fact, it wasn't any more comfortable than a normal seat. Maybe if I had a prostrate infection or hemorrhoids, it would be a different story.

Anyway, I saw this on ebay today and thought you would get a kick out of it.

I think you forgot the link/pic Fred...;)

Sheesh, what's going on here.

One more time:

Here is a pic of the seat:

Did't they used to make them in the 1870s.

No thanks, I'll keep my 1973 Brooks Pro!

The Easy Seat was designed by someone who knew something about human anatomy, but very little about the role of the saddle in stabilizing and integrating the bicycle and rider as a system. I would not want to use an Easy Seat on a fast descent through a series of switchbacks.

Originally posted by John E
No thanks, I'll keep my 1973 Brooks Pro!

The Easy Seat was designed by someone who knew something about human anatomy, but very little about the role of the saddle in stabilizing and integrating the bicycle and rider as a system. I would not want to use an Easy Seat on a fast descent through a series of switchbacks.

Exactly, JohnE. I never realized how much the saddle nose is used for steering until I road the Easy Seat .

Anyway, it is neat innovation and I like that.

I saw on some website that the easy seat was baaaack! This time new and improved (of course).

Mike, et al.,
Actually, I think these things are still available to some extent. Just in the last few months I saw them in Damark or a similar catalog. When I started commuting a year ago last November I bought something similar called a Spongy Wonder. At the time I was quite heavy and I found it much more comfortable than a standard saddle. Within 2-3 months I felt I no longer needed it and moved on to a Terry Liberator then to Brooks saddles. I have to tell you, though, that I credit that funny looking little seat for keeping me going in the beginning.
Regards,
Raymond

Originally posted by RainmanP
Mike, et al.,
Actually, I think these things are still available to some extent. Just in the last few months I saw them in Damark or a similar catalog. When I started commuting a year ago last November I bought something similar called a Spongy Wonder. At the time I was quite heavy and I found it much more comfortable than a standard saddle. Within 2-3 months I felt I no longer needed it and moved on to a Terry Liberator then to Brooks saddles. I have to tell you, though, that I credit that funny looking little seat for keeping me going in the beginning.
Regards,
Raymond

That is cool.

That things looks funny! I bet it weighs 1000000 lbs too right?

When the cybercylery hub was alive I spent a fun afternoon following all the links on the links page and saw some weird and wonderful saddle designs. I never came across the easy seat, but by far the most bizarre design was the moon saddle (http://www.moonsaddle.com/)

http://www.moonsaddle.com/images/img1.JPG

That is delightfully bizarre, Allister.

Some time ago, a friend of mine gave me a weird bicycle saddle that he found in his 150-year-old barn. It was a like a mini football goal post with a canvas belt hung between the posts. The rider apparently sat in this canvas swing and bicycled along. It must have been a thrill to ride to say the very least.

Hmmm… wonder why you don’t see many of them anymore?

If I have extra ambition some day, I will dig it out, put it on a bike, and post a pic

That is delightfully bizarre, Allister.

Some time ago, a friend of mine gave me a weird bicycle saddle that he found in his 150-year-old barn. It was a like a mini football goal post with a canvas belt hung between the posts. The rider apparently sat in this canvas swing and bicycled along. It must have been a thrill to ride to say the very least.

OMG, I thought I had hallucinated that seat! That's right they really did exist!!!



Hmmm… wonder why you don’t see many of them anymore?

If I have extra ambition some day, I will dig it out, put it on a bike, and post a pic

Please, if you have any info on who the manufacturer is, or what the name of the seat is, please let us know. Definitely Google-able stuff, there! :)

Dan Henry Hammock. Go here for a look: http://www.jimlangley.net/crank/bicycleseats.html

Make your own from a set of old drop bars and a director's chair sling.