Originally Posted by
Hardrock23
I was hoping you would make a thread about this - Thanks for taking the time to write it.
I would love to try one of these too. It looks great on your bike btw...Looking forward to the update after you get more time in with it.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I am as much an egoist as I am a cyclist and I would be lying if I said that I wasn't concerned about how it would look on the bike. Although wider than my previous seats, I was happy that it looks decent enough. My wife thinks it's pretty cool looking
Originally Posted by
Moose
You are welcome! I am happy to spread the word about this seat.
It has made a huge difference for me.
A bit about me... I am not nearly as active a rider as robbyville, riding less than 1,000 miles a year. A true "every-other-weekend-warrior". I have worked in the bike biz in some capacity for 12 years and have always had a keen interest in bikes. I don't fit the mold of an endurance rider...hell, I barely count as an avid rider. However, I am in tune with the tenets of bike fit and ergonomics. Or so I thought...
On the sales floor, one of the most commonly discussed aspects of riding is saddle comfort, or lack of. I had always subscribed to the idea that, for road bikes, a large or squishy saddle would make too much contact with soft tissue that would lead to soreness from sweating and chafing and that your saddle should support your sit-bones.
This seat sort of flies in the face of that logic, while still not overly large and squishy, it supports mainly the soft tissue immediately surrounding the sit-bones.
The only proof I needed to understand the benefits of this design was a long test ride. It would have been easy to dismiss this seat based on looks alone. Let's face it, it looks weird...but it works! Even for me, who spends a modest amount of time in the saddle. If it didn't work, I would have been happy to keep riding my Terry Fly Ti.
I am glad this seems to have worked out for you robbyville!
Yup agreed, I think it's interesting that the more time we spend in the saddles, the more we may become accustomed to the deficiencies with them perhaps.
Today was day 2 on it, my arse was sore from sitting on metal bleachers during my son's swim practice last night
Just a short 25 miles on it. Started out thinking that I may need to adjust a bit due to the pressure points on the I back of the legs as I was shuffling on the seat a little. Then I seemed to just kind of settle in to a position that seemed to be the sweet spot, I think I'm used to pushing against the back of a normal saddle and so I was trying to replicate that feeling and putting too much weight on the wider part. Once I put that thought aside and just fit in like Sunday and the test ride it just became a matter of muscle memory that when getting back into the saddle from a red light became completely natural and perfect, all pressure points gone!
The folks that I was riding with today were pretty intrigued including one who does a cross country ride each year.
Will let you know how I fare on Saturday's ride which generally is 55+ miles.