Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Nevada County, California
Posts: 789
Bikes: Subject to change at any given moment but currently is...... Colnago Mapei, Colnago C40, Wilier Triestina Carbon, Wilier Triestina Ramato, Follis 472, Peugeot PX60, Razesa, Orbea Terra, Soma Pescadero and 1/2 owner of a Santana tandem.
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 331 Post(s)
Hardtail saddle recommendations
The wife and I decided to expand our cycling opportunities by picking up a pair of Specialized Rockhoppers. We are not interested in “technical” riding, more just for doing something different than our typical road bikes.
We took our first ride today doing 22 miles on a section of moderately maintained dirt road with some hills and sections of loose gravel, all in all feel we dialed in the shocks and air pressure to what seemed effective for that terrain.
Now in regards to the saddles….. these have whatever Specialized puts on them and after that distance with a hardtail… not sure we like them. Of course we could lower the rear tire pressure a bit more but I’m starting to wonder about other saddles or perhaps a shock stem. Ideally we enjoy doing rides around 30-50 miles on pavement so hoping to do at least 30 comfortably on dirt.
Thoughts ?