Quote Originally Posted by Nanci
I think you don't get sore on MTBs because you change position so much- on a road bike you just sit and sit and sit.
Nanci
Too funny! I have exactly the opposite experience. I don't get sore on my road bikes at all (and I ride 15-20 hours a week). But I attribute that to the fact that I'm always moving around on the road bike and changing my weight distribution for corners and climbs and descents. Same bike/saddle on the stationary trainer and I can only tolerate 90 minutes before I'm sore (because you don't move around on the trainer).

I don't get sore on shorter mtb rides (under two hours). But, if I do longer rides or any length race, all of my soft tissue gets sore and swollen. I realize it's due to the softer saddle I have on my mountain bike, but because I ride a hardtail, I want a softer saddle (because I bounce around on the saddle when riding the rough stuff).

I guess we're all a little different.....