Wittkop Bike Seat I Bicycle Seat for Men and Women, Waterproof Bike Saddle with Innovative 5-Zone-Concept I Exercise Bike Seat for BMX, MTB & Road

This seat worked perfectly for my proform spin bike! The one that came with it was much too small and too hard and was so painful to sit on that I replaced it with a different one that was wider however that one made it difficult to ride and still caused pain. This one is shaped perfectly and is so comfortable that I did a 25 minute ride today and had no pain!! I can’t wait to go for another ride tomorrow. It was super easy to install.

Purchased 2 years ago. Holds up well in the western mountains of N.C. and is as comfortable as the trek seat i had previously.Has around 4000 miles on it.

Good: at least partially thoughtful design, nice appearance. I like the the level of friction in the seat covering.Not so good: as others have noted, the memory foam is pretty stiff. The mounting structure of the seat limits your ability to tilt the front of the seat up, even to level, and I would like it to move back farther than it allows. While I like the covering material in terms of texture, it is fragile, my bike tipped over and the seat got a small rip in it from hitting the ground. The seat that came with the bike was tougher than this.I want to like this seat. This is the "trekking" version and it definitely positions me in a more upright position than the factory original seat, mostly because I can't move it back as far. I have ridden with it a couple of one hour rides. It is not as comfortable as I hoped, but is a tad better than the original seat. I hope we will adapt to each other. If the padding was a little softer and the mounting rails were longer and angled so you could raise the front of the seat a little more, and the covering was a little thicker and more resilient, I would like it a lot better.Update 3/31/2025 - After a few rides with this seat, I rode on different bike that has a different seat (factory issue) that I used to think was OK in terms of comfort. I hadn't been on that bike in a year, and I found the seat on it to be uncomfortable to the point of being painful, even after several rides where I thought I'd get "used to it". My explanation for this is that the seat that is the subject of this review is enough better that the contrast is very noticeable. I would still prefer to be able to slide it back more and raise the front of it a little, but my opinion of it as-is has gone up a notch based on this comparison, so I am elevating my rating to 4 stars instead of three. It does not cause the pains of the seat on my other bike, even on longer rides. I was able to repair the small rip mentioned above with a dab of black "liquid electrical tape", which I believe is a form of vinyl. It is compatible enough with the seat covering material that the rip is not nearly as noticeable now.

I started cycling last year and didn't believe they hype train for the direction many people take the hobby. I avoided shoes that snapped into the pedals, I didn't buy the fastest possible bike, and my seat wasn't going to be a 3in piece of hard plastic that had a non-zero chance of being inserted into an uncomfortable position. I've learned that my bike frame does make a difference, the pedals don't to any significant degree, and my seat has viable comfortable options available.Last year I challenged myself to ride a century ride (100mi) every month. In July I rode back to back 125mi rides over two days (total of 250mi) on this seat. For a man with a slightly wider hip set (I'm 5'11 200lbs) the touring seat is a dream. It's formed so if you're seated right your butt bones will connect in the right spot, but it also provides additional cushion. I've put about 3000mi on the seat so far, and while it looks used now, there are not splits and signs of significant wear. Many people warned me that cushioned seats will hurt you over time, but anecdotally I have proven that incorrect. If I rode 250mi over two days and this seat didn't cause sore/welts etc, then I'm inclined to believe it will work for just about any amateur or hobby rider.You're still going to need to get used to it. Cycling will always hurt your butt after hours of saddle time, by the end of the season last year though, my butt felt just fine after each new century.Buy this one. It's the best bet for a sore butt.Also, don't forget to use an anti chafe/perspiration cream or bar. The seat makes you comfortable, it doesn't do magic.Quick Update: I bought a carbon fiber road bike from Canyon and wanted to try the road variant of this seat on it. While the seat is cushy and the same quality, my hips just don't want to connect with the smaller seat as well. I've doubled down and bought a second "Touring" edition so I don't have to move my original touring wikkitop seat back and forth from my hybrid and road bikes.Anyone that is a smaller frame or narrower hips, the road variant may be your go to, but for me I'm just going to continue using the touring seat.UPDATE: I've completed about a dozen century rides and one ride of 170 mi. I've also bought a second of these seats for my commuter bike. For my butt this seat does the trick. With bicycle shorts I get no saddle sores and very little sore butt. Keep in mind that any seat is going to hurt when you first start, you have to condition your body for bicyclingUpdate 2: I've now ridden STP (Seattle to Portland) and can say this seat held up to a 200+ mile ride. I have noticed some breakdown in the cushion of my original seat. This is after about 5-7 thousand miles. I think that's reasonable durability. Eventually I'll replace that seat, but I'm still using it now. This seat remains 5stars all day.

Short version: this is the most comfortable bike saddle I've ever used on the road or trails.Slightly longer version: I bought this because I'd had what I'd rate as a B+/A- experience with another Wittkop saddle on a trainer. In other words, very good but not necessarily excellent. We need to remember here that saddles are an intensely personal choice with a lot of individual variables. In any case, this saddle was a real revelation in terms of comfort. Here's the best metric I can provide: I ride 2.5 hours or more every day on this saddle without any discomfort or need to stop and get off the bike. This is a great saddle (for me, maybe for you) at an extremely good price point.