Bike seats - anyone tried this type?

That looks really really freaky, I'm not convinced about how well it will work as it looks a bit too wide for comfort however it might be ok for relatively easy recreational cycling but as soon as you start picking up speed or going over bumpy terrain you realise how much you need the 'nose' of the saddle.

I find that the more cycling you do the more used to the saddle you get, if I've been cycling regularly my saddle is amazingly comfortable but if I use it for the first time after a few months off it then I know all about it. :)
 
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I find that the more cycling you do the more used to the saddle you get, if I've been cycling regularly my saddle is amazingly comfortable but if I use it for the first time after a few months off it then I know all about it. :)[/QUOTE]

Absolutely spot on! I used to cycle a lot (2-4000 miles each summer) but stopped about 9 years ago due to knee injury. Borrowed a mates bike to try out the knee, and oh boy! was my rear end sore! It was like sitting on a razor blade - i felt every bump! Now this was on the bike/saddle i used to spend hours on but sold to him because of the injury!

I went out for 3, 25-20 minute rides last week and saddle felt awful. However, went out for 30 mins today and felt fine - pity my knee didn't hold out but i certainly felt comfortable enough. So as semi-pro waster says you can get used to it!
 
given the thickness of the rails, I'd reckon that it'd be made of cheese and likely to break if you took it offroad. Specialzed Body Geometry saddles are really comfy but good for offroad stuff too - you just need to watch how you land on them as I've bent two of them and I'm not that heavy either.

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Looks like a load of ******. Any decent well made saddle should be fair comfy.

My brothers specialized saddy gave me arse ache all the time until i fitted the bike to me properly. It's now soo much more natural.

I do use the nose of the saddle a lot aswell,can use it to gauge what sort of angle i've got the bike sitting at which helps when your flying down a trail...
 
I'm not going to be doing any off road stuff, and i dont think getting used to saddle will cure my farmers unless its made of preparation H
 
I would just get a decent seat(brookes) or even a normal seat and suspension seatpost.

I cant imagine that thing being any use as you will be going from side to side when putting power down hard....

The brookes saddles gradually moulds to your arse and apparently are VERY comfy(coming from a guy doing 700 mile trips)
 
Brookes are indeed supposed to be very good but they are made of leather so require a bit more care than your average synthetic model and until they are broken in can be a little bit uncomfortable apparantly.
 
semi-pro waster said:
Brookes are indeed supposed to be very good but they are made of leather so require a bit more care than your average synthetic model and until they are broken in can be a little bit uncomfortable apparantly.
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Yeh thats what i was told by this gentleman.

Anything would be better than that contraption though ^ IMO.
 
The most important thing is that you have a saddle that is the right width so that your weight is supported properly by your sit bones and not soft tissue. Combine this with a decent pair of shorts and you should be fine. My saddle is a 50g piece of bare carbon and I have no probelms.
 
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