Would like to forget about other things,
http://www.cyclingforums.com/forum/thread/485791/people-verses/210
and maybe, if you all don't object,
make a little "review" but also talk about saddle philosophy...and get =your= minds' worth's too.
Saddles are like horses: you have to ride them in order to become broken in.
I liked the OEM leather-look cruiser saddle on my Trek Lime Lite.
But, when the bike was stolen last May, during that time, the saddle nose got broken.
Note the =type= of "suspension" of the stock Bontrager saddle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_saddle#Suspension
I got a thousand miles of service from the saddle above. I liked it just fine,
The smooth, leather-like finish was easy on my inner legs.
This saddle was broken by some sort of mechanical injury, pretty clearly.
So, a couple of weeks ago, dismayed by the ruined saddle,
found a forgotten Selle Ergogel, a general purpose cruiser saddle, lycra clad.
I put it on the trek and liked it fine, but wished for a narrower nose, as the lycra is "grippy",
and tended to chafe this guy's crotch, a bit. Still, it was a comfortable saddle for an older
guy like me with an unpadded rear end, riding in blue jeans, four to eight miles per day.
This Selle, used for the interim period, is a nice saddle; would please most folks. Nice looking?
Oh, well, though it was comfortable, I found the springs to be of too high a "rate" for my ca. 145lbs
(am losing weight of late), and I am fully on the saddle, crank-forward stance, and I sit on it like a chair seat.
The springs were not "active", not much, but were not really needed, as the seatpost is a well-liked ThudBuster..
Here's a picture of my oddly-set-up Trek Lime Lite, for perspective,
with the Selle saddle,
The (temporary emplacement) of the Selle offered a bit of practical-use perspective.
It is virtually identical to the stock Bontrager cruiser saddle, in width, length,
but note the bulkier look of the Selle, due to the under-spring suspension,
http://www.cyclingforums.com/forum/thread/485791/people-verses/210
and maybe, if you all don't object,
make a little "review" but also talk about saddle philosophy...and get =your= minds' worth's too.
Saddles are like horses: you have to ride them in order to become broken in.
I liked the OEM leather-look cruiser saddle on my Trek Lime Lite.
But, when the bike was stolen last May, during that time, the saddle nose got broken.
Note the =type= of "suspension" of the stock Bontrager saddle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_saddle#Suspension
I got a thousand miles of service from the saddle above. I liked it just fine,
The smooth, leather-like finish was easy on my inner legs.
This saddle was broken by some sort of mechanical injury, pretty clearly.
So, a couple of weeks ago, dismayed by the ruined saddle,
found a forgotten Selle Ergogel, a general purpose cruiser saddle, lycra clad.
I put it on the trek and liked it fine, but wished for a narrower nose, as the lycra is "grippy",
and tended to chafe this guy's crotch, a bit. Still, it was a comfortable saddle for an older
guy like me with an unpadded rear end, riding in blue jeans, four to eight miles per day.
This Selle, used for the interim period, is a nice saddle; would please most folks. Nice looking?
Oh, well, though it was comfortable, I found the springs to be of too high a "rate" for my ca. 145lbs
(am losing weight of late), and I am fully on the saddle, crank-forward stance, and I sit on it like a chair seat.
The springs were not "active", not much, but were not really needed, as the seatpost is a well-liked ThudBuster..
Here's a picture of my oddly-set-up Trek Lime Lite, for perspective,
with the Selle saddle,
The (temporary emplacement) of the Selle offered a bit of practical-use perspective.
It is virtually identical to the stock Bontrager cruiser saddle, in width, length,
but note the bulkier look of the Selle, due to the under-spring suspension,