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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray
This is strange advice. Soft saddles are more comfortable for people who rarely ride, but if you ride more than a couple of times a week you'll want a firm saddle. Soft saddles spread the weight around which is exactly what you don't want, because both men and women have sensitive bits that aren't made for taking pressure. A firm saddle focuses the weight on your "sit bones", which, once conditioned by regular riding, can happily take your weight all day. I've ridden a few centuries, always on hard saddles, so I have a bit of experience with this. A lot of hardcore distance ridders - those who do 24-hour rides and the like - use Brooks saddles, particularly the B17 model. These are hard as a rock. |
Hardcore riders get hardcore bike seats. I thought we were talking about something less than that? Besides, the people who use stiff saddles generally have padded bike shorts.