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No racing bike seats are padded. The leather ones are really just an aesthetic choice. Those fat padded seats only come on those $200 bikes sold to people who
by Gigachad 2y ago
No racing bike seats are padded. The leather ones are really just an aesthetic choice.
Those fat padded seats only come on those $200 bikes sold to people who don’t ride bikes because it looks more comfortable.
- _yb2s 2y agoThis information is not accurate. Tensioned leather saddles are in no way an aesthetic choice, but a radically different design that is more comfortable. I’m a long distance cyclist and only use Brooks saddles. The entire seat is tensioned heavy leather that shapes to your body over time rather than having a hard molded section with padding over it. See here: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/leather.html https://www.sheldonbrown.com/leather.html Modern race seats are molded material- plastic or carbon fiber, with a small layer of padding and then a covering. There may be race seats without padding, but most have a little. They have a small amount of padding that is then often used with padded shorts.