Bike Comfort Struggles

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  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    Bondurant wrote:
    They probably use them as these are the kind of saddles that they find most comfortable on long rides I'd have thought, just as you use gel saddles for the same reason. I doubt that there's a definitive right answer.

    Minimally padded saddle and the right bib shorts for me, after much experimentation with both.
    You would be mostly right about that as well, but in my experience 'Audaxers' are the worst for sheep like behaviour. It is horses for courses, and different people find different combinations work for them. It's the default 'thou shalt use only a Brooks saddle, for comfort on distance rides' that you need to take with a large pinch of salt.
  • Brakeless
    Brakeless Posts: 865
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    Bondurant wrote:
    They probably use them as these are the kind of saddles that they find most comfortable on long rides I'd have thought, just as you use gel saddles for the same reason. I doubt that there's a definitive right answer.

    Minimally padded saddle and the right bib shorts for me, after much experimentation with both.
    You would be mostly right about that as well, but in my experience 'Audaxers' are the worst for sheep like behaviour. It is horses for courses, and different people find different combinations work for them. It's the default 'thou shalt use only a Brooks saddle, for comfort on distance rides' that you need to take with a large pinch of salt.

    Every Audax I've ever been on I've seen all sorts of saddles.
  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    Brakeless wrote:
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    Bondurant wrote:
    They probably use them as these are the kind of saddles that they find most comfortable on long rides I'd have thought, just as you use gel saddles for the same reason. I doubt that there's a definitive right answer.

    Minimally padded saddle and the right bib shorts for me, after much experimentation with both.
    You would be mostly right about that as well, but in my experience 'Audaxers' are the worst for sheep like behaviour. It is horses for courses, and different people find different combinations work for them. It's the default 'thou shalt use only a Brooks saddle, for comfort on distance rides' that you need to take with a large pinch of salt.

    Every Audax I've ever been on I've seen all sorts of saddles.
    That's pretty much my experience as well, and all sorts of bikes as well. But you will still find the 'I am an Audaxer, you must ride a steel bike, and have a Brooks saddle, and cork bar tape,yada yada yada, OR ELSE' brigade will invariably try to bore everyone to death.
  • Brakeless
    Brakeless Posts: 865
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    Brakeless wrote:
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    Bondurant wrote:
    They probably use them as these are the kind of saddles that they find most comfortable on long rides I'd have thought, just as you use gel saddles for the same reason. I doubt that there's a definitive right answer.

    Minimally padded saddle and the right bib shorts for me, after much experimentation with both.
    You would be mostly right about that as well, but in my experience 'Audaxers' are the worst for sheep like behaviour. It is horses for courses, and different people find different combinations work for them. It's the default 'thou shalt use only a Brooks saddle, for comfort on distance rides' that you need to take with a large pinch of salt.

    Every Audax I've ever been on I've seen all sorts of saddles.
    That's pretty much my experience as well, and all sorts of bikes as well. But you will still find the 'I am an Audaxer, you must ride a steel bike, and have a Brooks saddle, and cork bar tape,yada yada yada, OR ELSE' brigade will invariably try to bore everyone to death.

    Nope never experienced that.
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    I think offerng advise on this is difficult as I have not seen the OP. unless that is the case I cannot and neither can anyone offer anything concrete.

    What I do know unless the bike is grossly over or under sized it is possible to make it comfortable maybe not perfect but not painful.

    Saddle pain mostly comes from it being out of place. The last guy I had in complained of discomfort. I positioned, leveled the saddle and set the seat height right and bingo it was comfortable. Nearly every customer is like this. now this may not be you but it is worth checking. Even small changes in saddle height can have a massive impact on comfort.

    Saying anything more is impossible. You need a proper bike fit and go with results.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    I wish that had found comfort on something other than a brooks b17 - it looks a bit daft on a CF road bike. I think a brooks works for me as I have an ongoing hip hamstring problem on plastic saddle I could see where I was digging in from the indentations after a ride. The Brooks saddle has some give it which worked for me. So I would endorse them while accepting that aren't for everyone.
  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    kingrollo wrote:
    I wish that had found comfort on something other than a brooks b17 - it looks a bit daft on a CF road bike. I think a brooks works for me as I have an ongoing hip hamstring problem on plastic saddle I could see where I was digging in from the indentations after a ride. The Brooks saddle has some give it which worked for me. So I would endorse them while accepting that aren't for everyone.

    I like Brooks saddles, as you say, they're not to everyone's liking.

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