Comfortable white saddle?
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put more weight on your feet at all times and make sure your bars and stem are a comfortable length away. lower the seat if you need to. you should be able to easily 'float' your butt a centimeter above the seat when you're pedaling, and not have your legs bent more than a few degrees at full extension when sitting down.
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good white saddle on vegan budget: https://store.somafab.com/soensa.html
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i just got the E3 form while we're on the topic. It doesn't come in white, and it hurts my bum, but the shape and weight is well worth it.
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a saddle shouldn't hurt your bum.
i'm pretty sure that my san marco glamour aspide is a woman's saddle. the tag didn't designate it as such but every online thing says womans.
it's pretty damn comfortable and not too wide. weird?
anyone else have experiance in a woman's saddle?
i'm pretty sure that my san marco glamour aspide is a woman's saddle. the tag didn't designate it as such but every online thing says womans.
it's pretty damn comfortable and not too wide. weird?
anyone else have experiance in a woman's saddle?
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So I tried floating today and it's 100 times better. My butt still gets a little sore but nowhere near the pain I was experiencing before. My legs do get tired much faster though but I guess that's something I have to adjust to. I'm going to try this out some more and see how it goes. Maybe that was the issue and not the saddle.
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you have to kind of find a balance... just use the muscles you're using to float to keep pressure off the saddle, you don't have to actually take all the pressure off all the time. but yeah, any stiff non suspended seat is going to hurt you if you ride it with all your weight. a better spin with power through the whole rotation will help this too, they complement each other.
it's also entirely possible that that particular saddle doesn't fit you well at all.
if the fit is of, change it... but get your technique better first so you are isolating the factors.
it's also entirely possible that that particular saddle doesn't fit you well at all.
if the fit is of, change it... but get your technique better first so you are isolating the factors.
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Yeah I definitely need to find a balance. I also found that if I lean forward more and put more weight on my arms it helps as well. And the fast I pedal the less weight I'm putting on my butt, especially in a climb.
Selle San Marco also makes a version of my saddle with more padding. I might pick that one up.
Selle San Marco also makes a version of my saddle with more padding. I might pick that one up.
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I love my white Regal, super classy and quite comfortable (with chamois).
I also have an older black Vetta that's even more comfortable (again, with chamois), and I know you can get them in white. Just make sure you get one that's wrapped in glued leather, not stapled synthetic. They look similar, but there's a huge difference in quality.
Turbos are also pretty comfortable. I rode on someone else's NOS Turbo once and it felt very similar to my Vetta.
I also have an older black Vetta that's even more comfortable (again, with chamois), and I know you can get them in white. Just make sure you get one that's wrapped in glued leather, not stapled synthetic. They look similar, but there's a huge difference in quality.
Turbos are also pretty comfortable. I rode on someone else's NOS Turbo once and it felt very similar to my Vetta.
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Thanks for all the advice guys. I picked up a Rolls and installed it last night. Took a short ride on it and it definitely felt a lot better. There is more pressure between my butt bones which relieves some pain. Gotta see how it is on a longer ride.
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I think you'll like the Rolls, I like mine. Still looking for suggestions on how to get the worst of stains out of white leather, though...
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Sometimes more padding hurts worse. I know that sounds counter-intuitive but your butt has a built in sit bone that can support your weight if you allow a little time to adjust to a less-padded/firmer saddle. Could be that? Sheldon Brown made a point of saying you have to break your butt in a little while riding to get the benefit of using your butt bone instead of the fleshy part of your ace.
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This is definitely the saddle for me. Went on my usual evening ride and I experienced almost no pain. I guess I have a vintage style ass.
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many new rider have their seat too high, and thus their hips rock from side to side as they try to reach the pedals on the bottom of the stroke, this just grinds on your butt....when viewed from the back of the bike your pelvis and spine should almost rock steady, not swaying back and forth...have an more expierenced rider check you out from the rear.....wait, that didn't sound quite right....LOL
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HAhaha! It didn't! But I'm positive that my saddle isn't to high. I had it set so that when my legs are extended my knees are very slightly bent. I dropped it a little after that.
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I'm a big fan of the Specialized Alias. I've got a big ass (hips - I'm 6' and 155lbs, so it's bone structure) and the wide boy fits me like a glove. The little bit of silver lettering wears off after a month too.
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I second the Fizik Arione but having owned a white one before, I will never buy a white saddle again. In about 6 months of solid usage, it turns an off yellow/coffee color. Maybe in part from jeans, pants, soiled shorts, etc., but that white doesn't last to long... and I haven't found anything to bring it back. Ended up switching to a solid black instead.
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One of the most important things in picking a saddle isn't everyon else's opinion - it's almost irrelevant actually. A large portion has to deal with your sits bones. At my LBS, they had a pad I sat on to measure the gap between my sits bones. Again, everyone is different with what would be the most comfortable (hence my experience with the Arione). I'm 5'10, ~135 (on a good day) and I ended up with the 143mm toupe, not the 130mm. This doesn't mean I'm a fat guy, just my sits bones are wide.
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