Bike Women's Saddles

About Bike Women's Saddles

Bikes are designed not just for the use of men but also for the women population. Bikes are loaded with benefits and they are intended for the use of both sexes. However, there are some bike features and specifications that need to be converted in order to meet the comfort of women bikers.

Saddle, for instance, is a main bike part that is important in biking. Women can use the generic bike saddlesused by men, however, they will experience some major discomforts. Women have wider hips and wider seat bones and they require wider saddles for them to sit comfortably. Narrow saddles can cause discomfort because the weight is carried by the soft tissues. The seat bones that match incompatibly with the saddle will hang on the side and will definitely add to the biker’s discomfort.

Women’s saddles are usually wider and shorter than those created generally for men. Some women are not aware about this, but most of them seek for biking comfort. Many women suffer great discomfort because the pressure was carried by the soft tissues. Some women find instant solution in this problem by sliding down the saddle for their seat bones to reach the widest saddle part. This can lessen the pain but is not applicable because the biker can slide forward. When this happens, the biker will try to control her balance by pushing backward on the handle bars which will definitely cause painful wrists, neck, shoulders or hands.

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Most popular womens bike saddle brands: Velo Women's Saddles, Planet Bike Women's Saddles, Selle Italia Women's Saddles, Serfas Women's Saddles.