My Marin™ road bike came with a Selle™ Italia® saddle, a favorite in it's day, but really an ass ripper unless you wear those
gotdamned padded shorts, which I really prefer never to wear. It's quite sleek and light in the roadie correct (RC™) way. At 250g, it's dandy if your about to ride 100km in those padded shorts and orange™ jerseys.
What about those of us in street clothes with
a bony™
ass sit bones. An old favorite among the bicycle enjoyment (BE™) set is the Brooks™ Professional Saddle. It has a nice ring to it -- "Professional" -- like I might ride a bike like I have a job. At 538g it is a heavy load, and not at all RC. Once I have loaded 39 lbs (7,662,657g) into my PC carrying, camera toting, rain gear, tennis shoes, xtra socks, lumber carrying messenger bag. I am sure that my legs won't notice the extra weight.
For those of you that are
metric dysfunctional, 250g is about eight ounces. That's quite a bit less than my wallet. Possibly less than one of
these. Here is the seat in a most un-RC orientation.
Other advocates of the Brooks™ saddle have
done this, put perfectly good Brooks saddles on there otherwise racing bikes.
I can always change it if I ever have to ride a lot of miles in
pink™ padded shorts.
My bony™ ass thanks me.
