Pump up your saddle

[Markymark]

It just sounds over engineered adding cost and weight to something that I, and I'm guessing, many don't see as a issue.

 

[Globalti]

Following a back injury I tried a suspension seatpost on my mountain bike. It was made by USE and must have been designed for dry climates because after a couple of outings in Lancashire the gritty water dribbled through the seal and jammed it solid.

Nowadays on my road bike I use supple tyres (Veloflex open Corsas) with latex inners at 95 psi and find the ride very smooth indeed.

 

[Milkfloat]

So @Globalti 's comments cover the reason why (as Jerome K Jerome put it) "the best thing is to get used to something hard". The next thing that springs to mind is - why aren't damping mechanisms between bike and saddle (suspension seatposts, sprung saddles) more popular?

They are, but in various guises - such as, small diameter seatposts, different carbon layups, thin flexible seatstays, long seatstays, zert inserts, vcls seatposts etc. Then you can start looking at tyres, go wider with lower pressure.

 

[Markymark]

. Then you can start looking at tyres, go wider with lower pressure.

Then you are swapping sore bum for aching legs.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That would be torture to me, all that squishing in the wrong places.

Ditto for me

O/K
i guess you guys like sitting on a plank of wood
Just out of interest which is your idea of a comfortable seat.

I propose the;
Selle-Italia Flite

In its original 1990 pattern, I've got them on my Ribble, Ridley & the CX bike

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/ro...ia-flite-1990-the-original-saddle/sellsadd199

 

[DEFENDER01]

Ditto for me
I propose the;
Selle-Italia Flite
In its original 1990 pattern, I've got them on my Ribble, Ridley & the CX bike
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/ro...ia-flite-1990-the-original-saddle/sellsadd199
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L.O.L that would definitely bring tears to my eyes.
The fence in the background looks more comfortable.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

L.O.L that would definitely bring tears to my eyes.
The fence in the background looks more comfortable.

Seriously, it's the best saddle I've used, just enough 'give',

The one on my Ridley is 'hand-me-down' from my Dyna-Tech (20+ years wearing in)
The CX bike has the one that was on my Pace Research (taken off, when sold, about 1997)
The Ribbles was new, bought for that bike

 

[screenman]

L.O.L that would definitely bring tears to my eyes.
The fence in the background looks more comfortable.

Have you been cycling very long? A lot of the people on here giving advice have been.

I would suggest if you only use a bike for popping to the shops type cycling then any old saddle will do.

 

[outlash]

Got one of these today from Lidl pump up saddle not tried it yet but it may save me getting a sore @rse.
Every Lidl helps

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Let us know how you get on with that saddle on a 4 hour ride .

 

[DEFENDER01]

Have you been cycling very long? A lot of the people on here giving advice have been.

I would suggest if you only use a bike for popping to the shops type cycling then any old saddle will do.

Yes i would say that most on here have been cycling more than me.
Got back into cycling about a year ago as i need to exercise my knees the problem i was getting with my old saddle was i couldn't go far at a time as the tops of my legs would start to ache {hips.} now with my new saddle i dont have that problem and cycling has become a pleasure which it should be.
The better support has certainly done the trick.
I dont have a weight problem eleven and a half stone.

 

[DEFENDER01]

Let us know how you get on with that saddle on a 4 hour ride .

I dont intend cycling for 4 hours i have transport with an engine for those trips.

 

[screenman]

Yes i would say that most on here have been cycling more than me.
Got back into cycling about a year ago as i need to exercise my knees the problem i was getting with my old saddle was i couldn't go far at a time as the tops of my legs would start to ache {hips.} now with my new saddle i dont have that problem and cycling has become a pleasure which it should be.
The better support has certainly done the trick.
I dont have a weight problem eleven and a half stone.

I am glad you have found a solution to your problems.

 

[screenman]

I dont intend cycling for 4 hours i have transport with an engine for those trips.

I would rather a 4 hour ride than a 4 hour drive, it could be down to the amount that I do for my business every week. Mind you my bum is extremely comfortable on what you describe as a razor balde.

 

[DEFENDER01]

I would rather a 4 hour ride than a 4 hour drive, it could be down to the amount that I do for my business every week. Mind you my bum is extremely comfortable on what you describe as a razor balde.

Ahh but do you wear those padded shorts.

 

[screenman]

Ahh but do you wear those padded shorts.

Of course, would you wear a boiler suit to go swimming in

I only cycle as part of my excercise regime, so I dress for the effort I will be putting in. Also having tried soggy saddles I have found like you have what works for us.