On my most comfortable saddle, I generally start noticing irritation of the skin over my sit bones after about 5 hours. Obviously, that's only an issue on long rides. This is a well-broken-in Brooks, but it was fairly comfortable since new (I worked some flex into the sit bone areas by massaging it with mink oil.) I am not expecting to ever have a saddle that is painless no matter how long I ride, and I generally don't wear padded shorts. -Wes
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 1:00:24 PM UTC-7 Emily Guise wrote: > Hello folks, I come to the group with a dilemma. I've never had a saddle > that I could ride for longer than 20 miles comfortably. I've always ended > up with sore sit bones, numb soft tissue, or both. This has really limited > my ability to go on longer trips and after my five day ride on the C&O > canal trail last Sept, it was more apparent than ever I need to find a > saddle that won't hurt. > > I've tried dozens of saddles over the last 15 years- leather, plastic, > cutouts, no cutouts, wide, medium, softer, harder, you name it. :( Most of > the saddles that have stayed on my bikes for longer than a month have a > central cut out, are on the wider side, and plastic. They're good for > around town, but that's it. I've never had my sit bones measured. > > It occurred to me recently that because I've never had a truly comfortable > long-distance saddle, I have no idea how one feels. So I figured I'd ask > the group. How did The One saddle feel for you? Did it "disappear"? Was it > love at first sit? Did it need to be adjusted a lot before finding the > ideal position? Is there a certain amount of miles you ride before it > becomes uncomfortable? > > I'd love to hear the group's collective wisdom so I know what to look for > in the next saddle I try out. Thanks! > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4ccc04c2-4fd4-49e7-aaa5-20f548348fc3n%40googlegroups.com.
