Comfortable saddle for long distance?

[tuniwes]

Brooks B17....300 miles of pain to break in then sublime....my B17 broke a rail last week, gutted after 12 years cycling in all weathers....I'm sending the broken saddle back to Brooks to save the leather and give it a new lease of life with new hardware, rails, nose, rear bracket and rivets ........bargain @ £55...can't wait to get it back.

 

[AndyBike]

I've always been a fan of firm saddles like the Flite, or the Orange enduro, but latest ebike has a bit of an overstuffed type and to be honest it is pretty comfy. Plus the bike is a hardtail, which is shall we say 'bumpy' in normal use and the extra padding soaks up a lot of those bumps

 

[guerney]

Got hopelessly lost intentionally on dark country roads very late last night at about 1.30am, ended up cycling 18 miles more than I would have in the dark dank cold... and about halfway, although the new suspension seatpost did a wonderful job of absorbing shocks, my seat felt a bit uncomfortable - realising I hadn't pumped in air for months, I did so after stopping to pee over a National Trust property deep in a nature reserve I'd never seen or peed on before... and all of a sudden with air suspension, the saddle was painless as my aimless enjoyable journey continued. Also slightly warmer, because of the heat insulating air layer.

Again, the cheapo £16 Aldi rubberlike "fur lined" windproof and waterproof partly neoprene half-wellies (and three pairs of thin socks [I couldn't fit any more socks in, should have bought a larger size]) kept my feet warm and cramp-free, and their soles held fast on the treadplates of my MKS FD-7 folding pedals, held on much better than my usual waterproof walking shoes. Feet felt well planted and immobile on the pedals - felt near as stable as the strapless toeclips I used on my old racing bike in the 1980's. Mind you, as usual I wasn't putting in any actual pedalling effort.

The Lidl Crivit Air Cushioned Saddle beats them all . It has an inflation button , soft 3 pumps , medium 8 pumps and hard 15 pumps . An air valve deflates it . Used in conjunction with an inexpensive Promax sprung suspension seatpost it gives a nice ride . They rarely come up with the regular Lidl saddle offerings . Only this week I have purchased a second unused one on Ebay . Last weekend I swapped my seatpost/ cushioned saddle combination from my Fat Tyre to my NCM Paris Folder to do a 43 Mile ride to check it`s range . Some saddles after this distance around main and smaller Vale of Glamorgan roads would have you walking like John Wayne after getting off his horse , not this saddle though ! . The Reference of this Saddle is IAN 298895 .
Exactly a year ago I purchased this NCM Paris Folder at half price from LEON Cycle UK and did a similar ride of 42 miles . After about 4 months this machine was plagued with intermittent power delivery , making it a bit dangerous to ride . Despite Emails and leaving calls on their Answer Machine I never did manage to have any contact . After doing all the simple checks I concluded that the fault lay with the Controller .
I ordered a replacement from a bikeshop in Germany , fitted it and now it`s running perfectly again , no thanks to LEON UK . On looking at feedback it seems I am not alone . An excellent little Folder spoilt by poor service .

Confirmed. Combination of shock absorbing seatpost and pneumatic saddle is a good one, even a cheap sprung seatpost. Thanks again for the tip!

p.s. It's even better with a Crivit "Air Comfort" gel saddle cover, which paradoxically doesn't actually contain any air.

 

[saneagle]

The £10 Aliexpress Rockbros one I mentioned above is now fully tested. I can confirm that it's the best saddle I've ever sat on by a country mile. It easily beats my Brooks one. It fits my bum like a glove and supports it all over, which is what makes it so comfy. I highly recommend it.

 

[sjpt]

The £10 Aliexpress Rockbros one I mentioned above is now fully tested.

Can you give a link please? I couldn't find it above or by forum search, and there are quite a few saddles on Rockbros store.

 

[saneagle]

Can you give a link please? I couldn't find it above or by forum search, and there are quite a few saddles on Rockbros store.

It's linked in my post above #33.

 

[sjpt]

It's linked in my post above #33.

Thank you. Not sure how I missed it when I scanned through the thread. I guess search missed it because the keywords I'd used were in the referenced url but not in the post.