Originally Posted by
cyccommute
If you are talking about upright bikes and not recumbents, you will find that those kinds of bikes and those kinds of saddles are the ones that generate the most complaints.
And, yes, there is more than one way to ride a bicycle but if you want to do it relatively pain-free, there is a right way and a wrong way. Giant tractor seats (not saddles) or putting huge marshmallows on the saddle is the wrong way to go.
I totally agree there are terrible upright seats, but there are also good ones that have been in continuous production for over a century because they work. its simply a matter of matching the correct saddle style to a bikes geometry, and cyclists riding style. One can't dismiss a type saddle because it doesn't work for the wrong application or was done on the cheap.