Old 04-03-07, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by michael.hendric
I sat on it and it was REALLY comfortable.
What's comfortable when you sit and when you ride can be quite different. It's actually hard to "just sit" on a good riding bike. You're up too high to easily put foot on the ground (maybe just the toes of one foot), and the seat may seem too firm and narrow and feel a bit like a "wedgie". However on a long ride you need a firm, somewhat narrow seat to avoid chafing, and numbness "down there". Your arms, feet and "sit bones" all share the weight, and you arch your back and sit towards the back of the seat where it should be wide enough for those bones to rest on it. You also need the seat high enough to allow nearly full leg extension at the bottom of the pedal stroke, to avoid knee discomfort.
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