I agree completely! However... the 1st season I cycled (as a senior adult) I was beginning to wonder.Originally Posted by alienator .
..... Saddles can, in fact, be comfortable. My saddle is dead comfortable. That means it gives me no aches, no pains, nada. People don't have to settle for discomfort just because they're on a bike saddle. Comfort can be found. The reasons you don't see bike saddles used as furniture is first and foremost because we don't sit on furniture like we do a bike.
A local bike shop has a measuring device. Its a body heat sensing pad like contraception that customers can sit on and then see where their sit bones are. The idea is to measure the width to help in seat selection. Anyway I tried that, and a few seats, and read a lot, worked on my riding style.... and rode my bicycle. I think my old soft butt had a lot of toughing up to do. But I no longer have pain. A long (25 mile or greater) ride leaves my butt no worse for wear than a long meeting in an office chair.