Frankenbike? Will people think I'm weird?
I have a hard rock comp. It's a great little bike. I use it for commuting and bombing around on rides <40 miles on the trail. It's a fun ride with the exception of it's AWFUL seat. It came with a stock seat, so it's a men's seat. I never intended to put more than 15 miles on it at a time and not ride it that much until I bought another seat but I ended up really enjoying it. So, I've put about 8 straight days of riding on (and a couple of long rides) and I'm now dying from that dang seat.
On the way in tonight, we stopped at the LBS. They brought me to the saddles for my "type" of bike (MTB and commuter saddles) and I didn't like any of them. They all seem too padded and too wide at the front. Road saddles just seem PERFECT still. They rec'd I look at road saddles instead, but is that weird? The tech who helped me said there's nothing wrong with putting a road saddle on it if that's what I prefer (and I seem to). He said for me to switch it out with my road bike's saddle.
In the short term, I've put my road saddle on the bike and it already feels better. I am going to keep trying with this until next week, see if I like it, and then buy another comparable road saddle if I do, I guess. But will people think my bike is really weird? It seems like a frankenbike now. She's already got city tires on her. I feel bad for her.
