didnt wanna start a new thread thought ill ask here,
can anyone recommend a saddle i ride enduro and need a super comfy saddle that wont hurt my ass after every ride . ( i have adjusted my seat and its a little better) but want to purchase a new saddle . cheers must be in stock and ready to ship.
i am looking at these atm>
https://www.mtbdirect.com.au/products/sdg-bel-air-3-0-saddle
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What's your current saddle, and what do you like/not like about it?
ie: I dislike rounded saddles as they leave too much pressure on my central/forward sit-bone, and avoid saddles with 'ducktails' (raised tails) as even though they're great for climbing I tend to bump my dangly bits into them when moving around while descending (it seems I subconciously reference the centre/flat section of the saddle as the location reference for saddle clearance, so anything higher at the rear I bump into because I forget it's there).
I ran Ergon SME3's for quite a while on all my bikes and mostly agreed with them, but they discontinued them and replaced them with ones with central voids (which I also avoid as they make my taint sore, lol) and I was finding the same region was getting sore after longer rides - so I ended up trying a Fabric Scoop Flat. Seems perfect for me. Good amount of give in the "chassis" of the saddle (approx 90kg rider), so doesn't "feel like I've been hit in the balls with a cricket bat" as one of my mate's described a Bontrager saddle he tried on a loaner bike. I also tried a few different model Bonty saddles early on in my MTB riding - all in vastly different shapes as they have/had a satisfaction guarantee where you can/could return them if you don't like them. It was helpful to work out what saddle shape I liked but
every single one of about 4 different saddles were brutally uncomfortable (Hence winging it and buying an Ergon "unseen" online at the time).
Might sound weird, but if you ride with mates or even some of the locals at the trails seem friendly - ask if you can take their bike for a spin up and down the fireroad for two minutes and see if you can find something that feels right for you. Even saddles that look really similar can feel vastly different. Depending on chassis material, amount/location of padding, saddletop material, and even slightly different feel from different rail materials (You notice this if you have multiples saddles in the same model but different rail materials, and ironically - oftentimes the cheaper painted steel or aluminium railed models are often more compliant than the fancy Ti ones).
TL;DR. Try before you buy. Or roll the dice knowing a used saddle has bugger-all resale value and it might take a few attempts to find one that fits you comfotably. There really isn't a shortcut sadly.
Probably the only thing you can be sure of is don't trust
@Oddjob when he recommends using a saddle that looks like it's been left in the microwave on high for 35 minutes.
