Originally Posted by reprobate
Which made me wonder: back in the day I rode an ancient Schwinn mountain bike with the stock seat and had few problems even on really long rides.
That seat may have luckily been the 'right' seat for my butt but I'm wondering how much of comfort is the right seat, and how much is your butt toughening up? This is probably intangible but what do you think?
Maybe your butt (and most of the rest of you) isn't as tough as it was XX years ago, thus making activities more challenging...
Try several saddles, shorts too. Remember small adjustments can really affect perceived comfort. And before someone insists it's the one great solution, no, it doesn't have to be a brooks saddle, on a surly lht with schwable tires.
Some folks cannot get comfortable on a bike, or have relentless saddle sores, etc - you may be one of these unfortunate people. I myself am considering a recumbent, so i can redistribute some load to a larger area.