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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Fair enough, I've never bought a new omafiets, I imagine they're still too stiff at the start.