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Old 09-11-23 | 12:39 PM
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You Henge really isn't a road bike saddle. It's more for the trail and for slow riding with some extra padding for trail bumps (if I understand the description).

Padding is usually a bad thing for long rides on a road bike if it is so much that your saddle feels very cushy during a 30 minute ride. Whether or not it has a cutout, the size of the cutout and/or whether the saddle is flat from rear to nose or has a rise in the rear can make a deference. And all of use here probably have a different preference for those things. Therefore..... lots of different saddles out there for you to find the match for your butt.

You might prefer a leather hammock saddle like a Brooks or Selle Anatomica. I just don't think I could ever get use to them though. Nor could I get over having to oil them and love on them every so often. <grin>

But if you just started riding or have been on a break for a while, then it can take a few weeks for your butt to break in. But if you are getting sores, then you probably have the wrong saddle or are wearing the wrong bibbs or shorts.

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