Quote Originally Posted by kelownagirl
So anyway, I took this very pretty blue and silver entry-level Trek out for a spin in the parking lot. (...) The biggest difference I noticed was in the seat. I think I understand why you roadies are always talking about the importance of padded shorts. (...) I sure felt a ton of pressure on the front girly parts riding the road bike. I can't even imagine how it would feel to sit on that seat for a couple of hours. Ouch. If I was actually going to buy a road bike, I'd be worrying about fit and trying out seats etc, but even so, I think that just the change in body position alone on a road bike, puts the pressure on a different place. Does that sound right?
You may also have read people calling one brand of saddles the "Bonty of Death" and the like. Those are the saddles that Trek bikes are set up with. They really are uncomfortable. I don't know why Trek has stayed with them so long. At the LBS I heard that Trek is looking into better saddles in order to "keep them on the bikes out the door". So many people trade in the saddle before taking the bike out of the shop that the shop has to put left-over Bontrager saddles on sale and, eventually, return them to Trek. I guess that's one reason they keep using them -- they get sacks of them returned from the stores and have to use them up.