Originally Posted by
Speedskater
In the Spring it's the saddle! No amount of stationary cycling can prepare your bottom for bumpy roads.
What about parts selection and set-up? I’m thinking tubeless tires or latex tubed clinchers as low of psi as practical. Also a slightly lower saddle with a bit more set back on a complainant carbon fiber or titanium seatpost could save your bottom on the springtime bumpy roads.
And then there are the shorts/tights/knickers or whatever you chose to wear and your butt salve of choice… all these things help and also there are butt preserving on-bike skills such as rising out of saddle or unweighting saddle as you traverse all those road cracks.