In the cold weather, when she's no longer ready to ride outdoors, The Excellent Wife (TEW) has me put her hybrid on the trainer.
On the saddle, she puts a thick pad from Planet Bike; on top of that she's added a washcloth. She still gets off every twenty minutes or so complaining of seat pain.
It's clear that more padding is not the answer to an uncomfortable saddle. (In fact, there's a distinct possibility that she hasn't ridden the hybrid at all since we took it off the trainer last year. She likes the feel of the road bike better... but it means she's pretty much given up trail rides, which she used to do regularly.)
This saddle discomfort / problem appears to be universal, as MeOW (My extra-Ordinary Wife) keeps complaining -
ReplyDeleteAnd the search for a better saddle can be expensive and long. I respect YOW's discomfort.
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