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Hobson Easyseat Ergonomical Dual Pad Bicycle Saddle | 
 enlarge | Brand: Hobson
Category: Sports
List Price: $40.00
Buy New: $25.49
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 2627
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 4.1
UPC: 858212000017
EAN: 0858212000017
ASIN: B000GBK4Z4
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Seat pads move independently | | • | Ideal for preventing Pudental Nerve Entrapment |
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Product Description
Hobson Easyseat Ergonomical Dual Pad Saddle " Black .NO center horn. Turn dial for seatpad width adjustment. Poly / Nylon Base chushioning Elastomer in each seat pad.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 33
 Excellent commuter and mountain-bike seat May 13, 2008
W. Stanley
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
I have used this seat for three years for a 30 minute round trip commute. If you expect this to feel like a conventional seat, you won't like it. It does require that you keep you hands on the bars, since you cannot as easily balance and steer the bike from your crotch, since there is no extension of the seat between your legs. But that's the whole point, you sit on your sit bones, not your perineum. The rocker action of the independent seat pads, noted by some reviewers, is a normal and necessary feature, which keeps the seat from putting excessive pressure on the back of your thighs. The seat is very strong and mine shows no wear despite high miles. The plastic parts do not break, as suggested by one reviewer who obviously hasn't actually used the seat for any length of time. The seat requires a brief break in, and then becomes very comfortable. it is important to position the saddle for-and-aft so that your sit bones rest in the cup-shaped depressions in the saddle. For mountain biking, it has the significant advantage that you can remain in the saddle for uphill traction or downhill braking effectiveness without having your perineum hammered on the bumps. This is a real advantage for hard tail bikes, and since most people don't ride hands-off on trails anyway, the requirement to keep hands on the bars isn't a problem. Overall a great product.
Eased My Seat May 22, 2006
Robbie L. Joines (Hiram, Ga USA)
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
I had tried several "comfort" seats, some with splits, some with gel and I was still experiencing severe discomfort. The problem was bad enough that I went to my doctor. I was ready to quit riding when I ordered the Easy Seat. I have to admit that it took about 25 miles until I was completely comfortable. I now have well over a thousand miles on it and I couldn't be happier. I no longer experience any discomfort. I quickly adjusted to riding with no hands with the Easy Seat. The seat has held up very well.
Fantastic Bike Seat August 25, 2008
Captain Faris
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The people who don't like this seat probably didn't adjust it properly.
I'm 56 and ride a mountain bike on paved trails intermittently for 25 mile bursts of exercise and have done so for years. I always have pain due to pressure points and to friction on my thighs. UNTIL NOW!
I just got an original Easyseat and spent some time adjusting it to remove the pressures noted by some other riders. I now like it tilted quite a bit forward and high, which leaves my legs extended properly on the full downstroke and places my body "balanced" on the seat rather than "sitting" upright.
The seat is unusual in that it feels as if I am not anchored very firmly. But this was easy to get used to because I am not a (favorite perjoritive term) who rejects good ideas just because they are weird.
I then rode 30 miles and totally exhausted my legs, which hadn't ridden a bike in 4 months. (I moved states, sold my old bike and have been running instead.)
I had NO PAIN and NO AFTEREffects! It felt as if I had not even been on a bike ride. I returned after 2 1/2 hours riding in 85 deg. morning sun in Spokane and immediately went on an hour long power-walk with my wife.
I expect that different people will prefer different versions of the Easyseat. Version 2 supposedly favors a more upright posture. The even newer "horned" split seat by Hobson probably gives the best of both worlds, although I prefer no rubbing on the thighs and don't want to wear bike shorts.
I recommend the original, but riders should expect to try out many adjustments and to "get used to it".
Works great for me on 3 bikes September 23, 2008
Jim C. Devenport (Albuquerque, NM)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought my first Hobson easy-seat a couple years ago. I had been having problems with numbness and pain in the groin area for hours after riding more than a few miles. I tried the "tractor seat" wide padded seats available at Target and other stores selling bike stuff and found my [...] "walking" itself off the front of the seat as I pedalled along; I was continually (every few pedal strokes) having to scoot back into position onto the broad seat, which was not only annoying but additionally tiring. The "easy-seat", with its "wobbling" left and right cheek-seats, helps avoid this.
I liked mine so much I ordered a second Hobson seat for my other bike, a mountain bike, but it got sidetracked because my wife was also uncomfortable on her standard crotch-killer seat and wanted to try my newly ordered Hobson easy-seat "just to see how it worked."
She loved it so much she refused to let me take it back off her bike, so I now have to order a third unit for my mountain bike to avoid having to trade the one I have back and forth between 2 bicycles.
I ride my bike 24 to 30 miles daily, 12 to 15 miles to work and back depending on my route. I still experience shoulder and wrist pain on rides of more than a few miles but I can't blame that on the Hobson seat.
Obviously some people prefer groin pain instead of using these seats, but my wife and I sure think they're great. I'm a little fearful of the newer Hobson split-seats since they appear to be trying to be a more "normal" seat with a nose on the seat that looks like it might be a crotch crusher on long rides. Will look for reviews on those.....
Great Product July 15, 2006
Werner Kujnisch (Dekalb, IL USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I first tried the Spongy Wonder about a year ago and retired it right away. Then after a painful metric century, I decided to try it again. The only problem was that I kept sliding off the seat. So I decided to buy the EasySeat by Hobson. I put it on this morning and after a couple of adjustments, it feels great. Tomorrow I will do another metric century ride. This seat is a keeper. I had some experience with a horn-less seat, so to transistion to the EasySeat was no problem for me. I highly recommend the EasySeat over the SpongyWonder seat, which I just retired again.
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