Review on 🚲 ERGO The Seat Lycra Gel Saddle: Enhanced Comfort and Support for Optimal Cycling Experience by Ricardo Knight

About three years ago, I decided to ride my bike across the United States. I'm not a competitive cyclist, I'm not even a particularly serious cyclist. I only ride for fun and fitness. I can only handle an hour and a half to two hours of cycling on a traditional saddle, so cross country riding was out of the question. After comparing hornless saddles I settled on the Ergo The Seat as it looked like the simplest and most durable of the range. I am male and weigh about two hundred pounds. During the trip, I typically skated five to eight hours a day, five to six days a week for three months. This would not be possible on a conventional saddle. Pros: The seat does what it's designed to do; relieves pressure on the perineum and transfers it to the sit bones where it belongs, increasing comfort and reducing potential physical damage on long rides. He is durable. I haven't had any issues with breakage, loose fittings or wear. In fact, I fell just before the descent and tore a centimeter of seat fabric. I've been chasing it but the tears never grew over thousands of miles. Cons: The seat is not very comfortable. If a traditional bike saddle is a thin log you sit on, a saddle is a thick log you sit on sideways, but both are logs. The situation seems uncomfortable. I felt like the seat was pushing me forward into a "pushup" position and definitely putting more stress on my shoulders, arms, and wrists. By the end of the trip, I'd lost about twenty pounds, but I looked like the Hulk in the shoulders from doing push-ups for the past three months. Balance, stability and directional control deteriorated. I rarely took one hand off the wheel, let alone two. You only realize what role a traditional saddle horn plays when you're out of it. I do not recommend The Seat for technical driving at all. After returning from a trip, I tried riding the mountain trails on The Seat. On the descent I sometimes had to dismount as I just couldn't trust my balance. Finally, the rider's position in the seat shortens leg travel, so you lose some power when pedaling. When I put a traditional saddle back on my mountain bike (I used my Trek Mamba with road tires for cross-country riding), I noticed that going uphill was a lot easier. I understand these are a lot of cons for a positive review, but hey, there's always a bad with a good. Bottom line, I recommend The Seat to people who have pain or discomfort in an area where no one wants pain or discomfort and aren't interested in technical driving.