Padded Seat Recommendations?

[Tylen Wanister]

The 29" Huffy bicycle I use has this complete piece of trash for a seat.
I weigh 250+, but still. This is pure f-ing garbage. I'm mad at it, atm.
When I'm riding I have to slide all the way over to the right side in order to keep the steel pipe from going straight up into my you-know-what.

I went to Walmart and several of their seats had this same garbage design, where two bent pieces of 1/4" metal suspended over a single common point is supposed to somehow, magically, resist the pressure and the weight coming down on it (from my a**) and NOT slide sideways. The metal is bent permanently. I've tried to straighten it out in a sort of half-a**ed manner, gave up, said "f*** you" to Huffy, Walmart and whatever low-life ************** engineer that designed this piece of **** (I hope he gets a rare disease where his **** shrivels up and falls off, and I hope it's extremely painful.)

Anyways, that's my rant. Hope you enjoyed it. Looking for recommendations for a new seat. Bonus points if you can give me a plausible explanation for how and why your recommended seat WON'T do this. And FYI, if you are turned off by the anger, just know that I have been waiting almost an entire month to post this, due to the fact that every time I tried to put my situation into words, I contemplated terrible crimes and atrocities. Call me a "boomer" if you want; back in my day we didn't have to put up with s*** like this. You paid money for something, and you got what you paid for. This is a piece of dog s*** made to look like a bicycle seat.



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[gromike]

You need a better quality seat post, and a new seat to fit it. Though, that might be good money after bad.

 

[Chalo]

You paid for the worst bike; you got the worst bike. Congratulations! Every part of your Huffy is garbage and will fail to work right when you attach it to a new, perhaps better, part. (If you get the replacement part at Wally World, it won't be better, though.) Keep at it with the same bike, and you'll keep getting the same lesson.

I have ridden daily at body weights of over 400 pounds, and I have murdered a few saddles, but I don't think that's your problem. Try a saddle and seatpost (of the correct diameter) from reputable entry level manufacturers, for instance Kalloy for the seatpost and Cloud 9 for the saddle. Don't go to a garbage merchant and expect to buy something other than garbage.

 

[E-HP]

For future reference, that style seat post is only really found on kids bikes these days, so it provides some indication of the quality of the bike parts in general. I know it's not always possible to look at a bike before buying online, but if can see it, parts like that should raise a red flag.
You're probably lucky the seat failed instead of the post clamp. That could result in the post going through the seat and skewering some sensitive parts.

 

[99t4]

You paid money for something, and you got what you paid for.

That truism from back in your day might still be valid-- what did you pay for that Huffy BSO?

 

[Tylen Wanister]

While I appreciate all the theory and e'erthing, I'm really looking for concrete, make, model number and source information for a seat. I meant what I said about waiting a month. This is the only credible source for bike information I've found online, and I'm ready to buy a new seat. I got the full razzing and hazing on the poor quality of my Huffy bike in a different thread and the horse is dead. No need to continue beating it. I need a seat. Does anyone have a seat to recommend?

 

[Chalo]

I'm really looking for concrete, make, model number and source information for a seat.

My go-to seat for folks who are afraid of bike seats is the Cloud 9 Cruiser Select Airflow ES, vinyl top. J&B Importers part number 49526.

Any bike shop can get it for you, but there are probably plenty of places online too.

Cruiser Select Airflow ES

The Cruiser Select Saddle is crafted with Select Foam, the softest foam available in Cloud-9 Saddles. We have fused a gel-foam pad on top of the traditional Multi-Stage foam to create a feel that is soft yet supportive. The Elastomer Springs absorb small imperfections in the road and the Vented...

cloud-9.bike

 

[E-HP]

My go-to seat for folks who are afraid of bike seats is the Cloud 9 Cruiser Select Airflow ES, vinyl top. J&B Importers part number 49526.

Any bike shop can get it for you, but there are probably plenty of places online too.

Cruiser Select Airflow ES

The Cruiser Select Saddle is crafted with Select Foam, the softest foam available in Cloud-9 Saddles. We have fused a gel-foam pad on top of the traditional Multi-Stage foam to create a feel that is soft yet supportive. The Elastomer Springs absorb small imperfections in the road and the Vented...

cloud-9.bike

I like this seat. It’s about as wide as you can go but still be ok for pedaling.

 

[lnanek]

If you really don't want to pedal, I've used this very supportive one before:

https://a.co/d/aZJ0POp

For less interference with the legs, I've used:

Extra Wide Comfort Seat #6911V

Extra Wide Comfort Seat #6911V - The Worksman Cycles Factory Direct Store, America's Oldest Cycle Manufacturer, Industrial Bicycles and Tricycles, since 1898

www.worksmancycles.com

Both have lasted me fine with minimal discomfort for ~4 hour rides despite being overweight. The latter was actually stolen off my bike once, so I guess some others like it too