• Vincent@feddit.nl
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    5 days ago

    I feel like a proper Omafiets has a perfectly fine saddle. It’s the bikes made for sports, rather than transportation, that have the painful saddles, because supposedly you can’t perform if you’re not suffering.

    • apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca
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      5 days ago

      There’s still a period where you’re breaking in your sit bones.

      When I got my omafiets a couple years ago my ass was pretty sore for at least a month with daily riding. You aren’t really putting any weight on your arms or legs so your saddle is doing the heavy lifting.

    • clockworkrat(he/him)@slrpnk.net
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      5 days ago

      Sport saddles shouldn’t hurt either, but they’re designed to be used with cycling shorts which provide padding without the friction.