Comfortable E bike seat

[Giant Matt]

I hope you're all doing well! I wanted to let you know that I've turned 65 and am looking for a comfortable saddle seat for my Giant Lafree. Given my height and build (tall & big), I'm particularly interested in something that offers great support and comfort. Do you have any recommendations for me?
I hv noticed that my best riding position is approx 65mm beyond the rear edge of the lafree original saddle.
I have noted Cloud 9, RockProo,Super max Cush etc from YouTube

Thanks a lot!

Read this info now 20/1/25 : https://www.cyclingabout.com/saddle-comfort-for-cyclists-the-best-bicycle-touring-seats/

 

[teskow]

What others find comfortable may not work for you so take advice with a grain of salt. I started riding bikes again 3 years ago and am probably on at least my fifth or sixth seat and still haven't found anything that fits perfect or is even remotely comfortable after a longer ride. Bicycle seats are just plain and simple not comfortable. Fortunatly they are not too expensive to try a few. My opinion high cost seats do not guarantee comfort. Maybe durability but not comfort. Do buy a good suspension seat post though as that will do the most for comfort.

 

[Roamers]

We have used several Selle Royal seats over the years and find them acceptable. Current Gazelle C380 factory seat is also fine for us. YBMBD.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

An upright riding position will always end up in a sore butt disregarding the saddle make or model.

 

[Roamers]

An upright riding position will always end up in a sore butt disregarding the saddle make or momodel.

Need to add a "time in saddle" component to that generalization. On our C380s and the hybrids they replaced our position is much more upright than when we rode drop bars. Used to have upper body/neck and butt aches now we don't have any body parts that ache; but we no longer ride for hours at a time either.

 

[indianajo]

There are no comfortable bike seats. I have tried 8 on my bodaboda. Selle Royal Explora is the best of the bad, but I can only stand it for 3 hours before my hips pain me greatly. My bike requires a rail seat with an oddball stem diameter, so Cloud 9 is out.
Adding a Cloud-9 Double Gel Seat Cover, 11x8, to the Explora extends the low pain ride to 4 hours. However this toy falls off frequently when I mount or dismount.
I have an entirely comfortable seat, on my tinturi exercycle I bought in 1988. 11.5" long, 11" wide, it is big enough to spread my 170 lb over a large area. It also has 2/3" of high density foam padding. Unfortunately it has a 3"x1.5" rectangular post that does not fit any other bike on the planet. You are not allowed to buy anything like this. I tried adding 3" of padding to a hideously bad SQLabs seat, which took me nights of cutting and sewing for about 2 months. Unfortunately urethane foam salvaged from a sofa cushion is not dense enough to prevent my hips from going numb in an hour.
I am not ever going to try drop bars. My mother fractured a neck disc by typing at an improper workstation age 38. She was in pain every second of the rest of her life. I am built just like her.
Furthermore the padded bike shorts I bought, Bellwether 02, pressed dents in my thigh muscles. It caused spasms in my inner thigh muscle after a 3.7 hour ride.

 

[fooferdoggie]

for me I found the seat that works best but if I am tired or sick then it feels hard as a rock with sharp edges, when I feel ok it's fine very frustrating. but when I am that tired even a padded chair feels hard.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

I hv noticed that my best riding position is approx 75 cms beyond the back edge of the lafree original saddle.

75 centimeters can't be correct. That would put the saddle behind the rear wheel.

 

[Giant Matt]

75 centimeters can't be correct. That would put the saddle behind the rear wheel.

mm typo

 

[Mr. Coffee]

mm typo

Even 75mm is a HUGE distance to move the saddle back, and questionably safe to do so.

If you need to adjust the saddle that much it is much more likely that the bike is either much too large or too small for you or the saddle is much too high or too low. I'd be guessing too small or too low. And if that is the case no saddle is likely to be very comfortable.

 

[Giant Matt]

Finally, I hv ordered a Daway ultra comfortable c40i from Amazon AUD $48. Let me see how it will go
thanks all

 

[mrgold35]

I'm a big/tall guy at 6'3" and +300lbs. I have Radrover fat tire hard tail and Himiway Cobra Pro full suspension. I look at everything as an entire system that could effect my riding comfort directly or indirectly. Sometimes I might have a symptom and have to narrow down the root cause.

Example: Thinking I need to use padded hand gloves because of numb hands; when, the real cause is the handlebar is too low and I putting too much weight on my hands leaning forward. The real fix was add an adjustable handlebar stem to adjust my riding position.

What I have for added over the years for comfort are:
- Cloud 9 cruiser saddle 12.5 X 11.5 X 8
- Kinekt Bodyfloat aluminum 80-320lbs XR 420mm length (standard 350mm was too short)
- adjustable +/- 85 degree handlebar stem (more upright riding position with less stress on shoulders and reduce numb hands)
- larger Rockbros 4 MTB pedals for size 14 shoes
- Sqlabs 710 ergonomic MTB hand grips
- padded riding gloves (open finger for spring/summer, closed for fall/winter)
- padded riding shorts/pants
- Northwave MTB shoes
- Jaco ShockPro MTB Shock pump for full suspension Himiway (need to adjust if ebike sits for awhile)
- Fanttik X8 bike pump (adjust tire pressure depending on terrain)

 

[Sparky731]

Sorry to hear of such painful saddle experiences. Me, @73+ years and 145lbs with a boney bum have total comfort on my Bontrager Fluid saddles. I have them on 3 bikes and recently turned a total >22,000 miles.
Always comfortable!

be sure to use a cushioned seat post.