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10-01-22, 08:23 AM

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Tomm Willians

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Originally Posted by Kapusta

If you are looking to use a saddle to absorb trail bumps, then you are barking up the wrong tree, IMO. Soft saddles can be hell when it comes to putting down a lot of miles.

Part of the deal with HTs is learning to get your weight off the saddle for the rougher stuff.

If you do want shock absorption at the saddle, consider a suspension seatpost. Or run a larger rear tire and lower the pressure.

Curious to know how much you weigh, the tire size and what pressure you are running. You may be able to go lower.

I weigh 178, running 29x2.3 and not sure of the pressure at the moment. As we encountered a variety of terrain throughout the day, I kept lowering the pressure from whatever the LBS set it at as I needed to for traction purposes.

Just checked the pressures and front is at 15, rear at 20

Last edited by Tomm Willians; 10-01-22 at 10:14 AM.

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