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Old 05-07-20, 06:15 AM
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Comfort is a relative term when it comes to saddles. Saddle comfort is combination of 3 different things, the saddle, the shorts, and the fit of the bike. If all of these are sufficient, you'll be reasonably comfortable, if only one or two are sufficient, you'll have significantly less comfort.

I have tried any number of saddles over the years, and tried cut out saddles when they started coming on the market. The first one I tried, a Specialized Body Geometry, caused me numbness and discomfort that I had never experienced in a conventional saddle. I eventually settled a Selle San Marco with Assos Sportsline shorts, and this was the most comfortable combination I had ever tried.

Some years later I finally succumbed to the urge to try a Brooks B17. It was the hardest and least comfortable saddle I had ever ridden, at first. But after it was broken in, it was the most comfortable saddle I had ever ridden. All of my bikes are now fitted with Brooks saddles.
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