Originally Posted by
Bmach
I see a lot of these posts and it seems to me that a lot of people find a comfortable seat on the 3rd or 4th try. Could it just be that by the time they reach number 3 or 4 their butts have just gotten used to the narrow seat and it really is not a magical seat?
I am asking because I have 4 different bikes with a different seat on each one (same width) and I have never had a problem. Other than when I first started riding again after decades off the bike, after a few rides no more sore butt. Then came the other bikes and never a problem.
That is definitely a factor. In my case both were true. The seat that came on the bike was narrower overall than my sitbone width - there was no getting comfortable on that! Once I got a properly fitting seat, It's still not 100% comfortable, but each ride gets better as my butt gets used to it.