SMP Selle TRK medium. Super comfy. Best decision I've made since buying the bike.
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If you want to have any flesh left between the saddle and your pelvis when doing 50 mile rides, you'll want the padding!
Of you ride regularly you build up butt muscle and don't notice a hard seat as much.
Maybe I've got my fit wrong, but I don't think I've got more muscle between my buttocks. Definitely get slightly calloused though 😬
I have this type seat pictured, I found it pushed on my butt bones, but after months of riding the muscle built up provided cushion. I think many people have the nose tilted too high so it jabs your groin
This is so overstated imo. I do more than 200 miles a week in normal work clothes just fine, and have done many 50 miles rides without padded shorts. I honestly think they make it worse, but maybe I'm just weird.
Fair. Maybe I'm just sensitive down there!
Why not just pad the seat?
Your butt moves with your legs so the padding in the shorts moves with you. Padding on the seat chafes and rubs against you. A padded seat can get you pretty far but a proper chamois is important for long distance. And often even more important is bike fit.
Yeah, I do that but am looking to do a bit more intense of an event and an looking for something extra. So you've tried this particular saddle or some other gelled with padded shorts?
I almost always ride with a cutout saddle and with padded shorts. The main thing you get extra from this type of saddle and the shorts is not being distracted by a painful taint.
I don't race, but I keep an alright pace on road routes. When in season and I'm focusing on cycling more than running I'm usually doing 60-100k rides every fortnight or so.