Spending all day everyday on bike saddle puts a special emphasis on comfort. Share your trusty favorites! (And why not the ones that didn’t work too)
Spending all day everyday on bike saddle puts a special emphasis on comfort. Share your trusty favorites! (And why not the ones that didn’t work too)
So my background is road/gravel, but I do touring on the same bike (3T exploro). Absolutely hated the Fizik stock saddle. Proceded to do some research amd found SQ labs (SQlab 612 Ergowave Active), who apparently design saddles in cooperation with a urologist (to, you know, protect the crown jewels). It was a total gamechanger. Never had a bit of pain or numb feeling, not even once. No break-in period. Not making publicity either, I just really really love it. NB: it is a lot uglier than anything by brooks, but once I’m sitting on it I dont care.
Edit: I may be preaching to the choir here, but one cannot stress enough how important it is to do a good measurement of your sitting bones when buying a saddle. This is even more important for female riders, as the sitting bones are oftentimes wider apart. Your local bike shop can help you with this and it is most definitely worth the hassle.
To add to this, you can order a free measuring set from SQL Labs online. It’s really free! It’s basically just a cardboard that you sit on and then measure the distance between the two indents but still nice
Ohh and they ship it to a lot of places where they won’t ship normal orders. I got one coming, thanks for the tip!