Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Absolutely agreed. With that in mind, I figure for those who aren’t suffering from some extreme discomfort or saddle sores, maybe what they don’t know won’t hurt them?
it’s too easy to think that more padding = more comfort. I’ve seen many riders go more and more and thicker and thicker until they finally realize it’s getting worse and worse. Then they finally try a quality saddle and are relieved.
Fell into that trap once with my bony butt. Bought a super squishy cutout saddle. The first hour was great but then it became horrible. It was moved to the mountain bike for short rides since I am out of the saddle most of the time. The road bike now has a lightly padded one and with the right shorts, multi-hour rides are no problemo.