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Old 09-22-14 | 11:02 AM
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Walter S
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From: Atlanta, GA. USA

Bikes: Surly Long Haul Disc Trucker

Find what works for you. All you can do on the internet is get ideas. You can't find out which saddle is "best". For me B17 is not it. Selle Anatomica is the best I've tried. I hardly know it's there for the first five hours. Without a long break (hour+) it will give me some uncomfortable pressure on my vein after that time. Not too bad but something that creeps into my awareness every little while. Still, no pain, no sores, etc. I've ridden on some saddles where it hurts before you get on! (because it hasn't been long enough since...).

I've also yet to find a saddle that absolves me of all responsibility in managing my butt properly. Move around in the seat, get up off the seat every few minutes, a 30 minute break sometime is valuable, pivot your lower back some, keep your junk out from under you. That might make a bad saddle tolerable or make an OK saddle into a pretty good one. (not to presume you don't know what you're doing - just sayin)
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