Noob here

[Alan O]

If you haven't ridden a bike much before you backside needs to acclimatise. It will get easier with time.

That's very true, and it's hard to decide which saddle is best for you until that's happened - it's easy to waste money on different saddles when you're just starting and your bum isn't "broken in" yet!

Alan

 

[goonerfromlag]

Thanks @Alan O & @Cycleops for the encouragement. Have also had to accept that liverpool street to kings cross & back everyday as well as from the house to the station & back is too much too soon for my unfit self. My legs are definitely not having any of it, so it's just from the house to the station for now.

 

[goonerfromlag]

I've given myself a month to get stronger/fitter before adding the central london bits using a boris bike.