I feel as if I could ride all day

[Spydaman]

I really enjoy riding my mountain bike and am reasonably fit so no pounding heart or too out of breath and legs feel ok. The only thing that limits is the arse ache after a couple of hours. Anyone recommend a comfy saddle?

[Parrot of Doom]

Trial and error tbh. Try more padding in your shorts.

[MTY4000]

For me - Fizzik Gobi (titanium) [spelling?]

Pros:

Titanium rails and a flexi shell = comfort. I think the Titanium rails might be gone from the 2008 models though? Light weight.

Downside:

Not cheap, but you can see them at good prices on the internet (check Chainreaction & Cyclesurgery)

'Trial and error' is probably the best advice (as above), perhaps swap seatposts (and saddles) with some riding buddies to try some different saddles?

[Gazzab]

Spydaman said:

I really enjoy riding my mountain bike and am reasonably fit so no pounding heart or too out of breath and legs feel ok.

Are you trying hard enough!!! Them hills should hurt !

[westy04]

I've tried a few and found the SDG Bell Air RL to be about the best (for me that is).

[Xenocide]

MTY4000 said:

For me - Fizzik Gobi (titanium) [spelling?]

Quoted for truth. Mate had one and I didn't want to get off his bike.

You can get them cheap(er!) on italian ebay then get it shipped over here.

[CooperS]

Xenocide said:

MTY4000 said:

For me - Fizzik Gobi (titanium) [spelling?]

Quoted for truth. Mate had one and I didn't want to get off his bike.

You can get them cheap(er!) on italian ebay then get it shipped over here.

Is that the one offered on the new Orange 5 SE? Just had a week of pain (couldn’t be arsed to change it to my current companion). I found it quite hard for what is meant to be a MTB saddle, it would sit quite happily on my road hack but after 4 hours of hills and descents I couldn’t stand up right!

[WildCards]

C'mon, having a ring piece that ressembles the inside of a blood orange is all part of the fun shirley?

For what it's worth I have an SDG Ti-Fly Ti, which was definately conceived as a torture device!

[pdV6]

I use Flites

e.g.

A Ti for the play bike and a Gell version for the commuter hack.