Re: Leather Saddle Update

Am Mon, 19 May 2025 13:10:21 -0400 schrieb Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:

On 5/19/2025 6:48 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:

Am Sun, 18 May 2025 13:13:35 -0000 (UTC) schrieb pH
<wNOSPAMp@gmail.org>:
 

I'm riding my Rivendell sourced B-17.  Love it.

 
I'm quite happy with my 614 ERGOWAVE® active 2.1 from SQlab, on the road
bike I built in 2023....

>
When I was a newly avid rider over 50 years ago, I tried many saddles
and even modified saddles in an effort to increase comfort. For a while
I even rigged a Brooks leather saddle so that I could micro-adjust its
tilt while riding, looking for the most comfortable angle.

Even road bike saddles vary greatly in their form, which usually can't
be changed, different to position (two dimensions) and tilt.  I bought
the saddle for its form and selected the one fitting the distance of my
seatbones. Adjusting position and tilt came after that. I even changed
the seat post to adjust the position :-)

 

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Now I'm much less sensitive or picky.

Or perhaps you are riding less, in a less exhausting way or with more
pauses.

I have very different saddles on
the five bikes I ride most, and have negligible problems with saddle
soreness even when riding in normal everyday clothes.

I haven't either, because my rides in everyday clothes are short and
slow, in comparison. Never had.  But I'm not getting stronger, so I
can't compensate anymore what I could easily compensate for, twenty
years ago.  

I think a person
simply toughens up over time.

In a way, perhaps. Doing strength training is painfull, at least
initially, as I had to learn a while ago. And sometimes, the pain
doesn't get away.  Here, toughening up is good for you, because it
allows you to continue to do what you need to do.

On the other hand, pain is a warning signal that should not simply be
ignored or suppressed, wether by will or by painkillers. 

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