Originally Posted by
elocs
All I can say is that in the 16 years I have ridden my bike I have never experienced any butt pain whatsoever. Zero. Why would anybody ever want to ride a bike which causes them pain?
Years is a meaningless measure. What's the farthest you've ridden in one "sitting" during that timeframe? I could ride 20 pain-free miles on the plastic saddle off of a BMX bike. I can do laps around the neighborhood in street clothes on a super-stiff, super-light carbon "race" saddle. Get up past a hundred miles, and the differences between saddles become painfully apparent.