4 Incredible Bike Seats Heavy Riders Should Know About! Extra Wide, Comfortable Bicycle Seats

Hey, everyone. I'm Dustin. I have nearly 20 years of experience in the bike and e-bike industry, and today I'm going to show you four large bike seats all heavier riders should know about. Stick around.

All right, so today I'm going to show you four large bike seats all heavier riders should know about. But before I do, hit subscribe below. Stay in touch with us here at Sixthreezero. Be the first to know about all the new content we're doing, and of course, giveaways and of course, new product releases. All right. Today I have Stella with me. She's 5'7″, 250 pounds, and I have Arden with me, who's 5'10", 300 pounds. We are going to demonstrate some bike seats and show you some bike seats that are great for heavier riders. In my experience, I'm about 220 pounds. A lot of bike seats are catered for very narrow, average, slim body types. Especially if you're in the road biking sector, a lot of the seats are going to be very narrow.

Now, if you're a road cyclist and you need the aerodynamics, it's great and you can build up your sit bone tolerance to those seats over time, but if you're a recreational rider and when you get on your seat, you want comfort instantaneously, then you're looking for something a little wider, more cushioning, more support, something that's going to make your long e-bike or bike rides enjoyable. Behind me, we've got four of the Sixthreezero seats right here. We have our standard oversized Cruiser Saddle. We have our Curved Wing Cush Saddle, and we have our Super Max Cush Saddle here with and without a backrest. We're going to get Stella and Arden to try these out today, give their opinions about them, and see which one they like for their body types. Just a quick synopsis here. I'll walk through each seat. Our standard oversized Sixthreezero Cruiser Saddle is nine and a half inches wide.

A lot of seats you're looking at out there, like hybrid road saddles, they're going to be narrower. They're going to be anywhere from 2, 3, or 4 inches wide. This is already an oversized seat. Depending on how much support you want in the width, you can move up the range here. We've got our narrowest to our medium to our large saddle there. Again, it depends on your body type, what you're looking for, and what you think will give you the most support. This is a bucket seat. It's great and gives great support. A lot of people do like this seat, but I think in some instances, depending on your weight, the wider will be better. Again, we'll demonstrate that in the video. Nine and a half inches wide here. Now, we're moving into our Cush Curved Winged Saddle. This one is a little bit different in that it curves up on the edges, which is great because it gives you side support.

Instead of your body spilling over the edge of the seat, it has these wing supports. Now, some body types may like that, and some may not like it depending on the width of your rear and your body, but it's nice to have it if you need that support. It also curves up a little bit in the front to give that support in the rear. This is a curved all-around saddle. If you fit nicely in it, the support is great. On the width front, this is 12 inches wide. We're already moving up two and a half inches in width from seat one to seat two. Now, moving to the big kahuna here, the Super Max Cush. This is 14 and a half inches wide. This one is designed to be entirely flat. It lays flat, but it does have a little curve on the edging here.

At the end of the video, I will show you these seats side by side to give you an idea. It has a little bit of up curve on the edges to give you that support on the sides, just not as extreme as the Curved Wing Saddle here. If you have a wider rear and you still want a little support, but you don't want to come too much up on the edges, this is a really, really great option. You can see all in all from seat one to seat three here, we are moving up five inches, right? We're going from nine and a half inches to 14 and a half inches.

Lastly, here we have our backrest, which is nice with the back support as you're riding, you can relax your back and lean into it and give you support. We're going to have our riders demo all four of these and give you their opinions on them. All right. Arden, why don't you go for it first? I think what we should do as well is take a lap and then when you're done, let's park here so they can see what it looks like with you sitting on it from the back.

Speaker 2: Of course. Very comfortable ride.

Speaker 1: How does it feel?

Speaker 2: It's very nice. I know this is just the standard, but it still feels very nice.

Speaker 1: Okay. All right. If you take a look at him from the back here, you can see that he's got his legs coming out. His hips are wider than the seat, so you can see it may cut off his leg a little bit. Again, it's about finding the right seat for your body type, right? I think we can move him up and find something that's going to give him a little bit more support. All right. Let's go ahead and park that one and then we'll get you on option number two here. Now, this one's going to definitely feel a little bit different.

Speaker 2: Definitely feels different. I noticed the support on both sides.

Speaker 1: Do you feel that the shape is a little bit different?

Speaker 2: Definitely feel the different shape.

Speaker 1: Does it feel, actually, though, it's like it's cradling more, but is it...

Speaker 2: Definitely cradles and it is comfortable.

Speaker 1: Yeah. Now, you can't really see too much, but you can see how much wider it is, how it's giving them that support. It looks like it's cutting into his leg a little bit. The other thing with this seat is it does need to be tilted back a little bit to create that cradle effect. It depends on how it feels on your leg. All right. Let's move on to 3A. The first of the third installment. All right. Let me lower this, I think, a little bit. Just a touchdown. All right, go for it.

All right. What are your thoughts on this one?

Speaker 2: You feel like you're in a chair in your living room. It's wide and comfortable, with lots of cushions to it.

Speaker 1: Yeah. You can see from looking at it from the back now having compared the first two, that gets to almost the width of his entire body and it's giving him support all the way to the edge here so it's not cutting into the back of his butt, creating any pain. He's still able to pedal just fine. I guess your thought is that this would be the most comfortable for you.

Speaker 2: I would say this is the most comfortable.

Speaker 1: Okay, cool. All right. Let's move on to the backrest then. Again, Arden is 300 pounds and we're going to have Stella get on in a second. She's 250. If you're maybe Arden's height, but you're 250, you may like the narrower option because you don't need it to be so wide, right? It may not cut your leg off, it may cradle you. It's really about getting a sense of what you think will be good for your width. Based on the widths of the seats, you can actually measure your own rear to get a sense of what you think will give you the width that you need. Arden is off and riding there.

Speaker 2: Still have a nice cushion and support. It is nice to have the back.

Speaker 1: And the backrest? Better?

Speaker 2: Backrest.

Speaker 1: Add something for you?

Speaker 2: I would definitely say, especially for longer rides, absolutely.

Speaker 1: Yeah? You can see he can lean into that if he needs to. There you go. It gives him that support. It's going to take some tension off the mid and low back there. The seat is the same as the other Super Max Cush, so he's getting the same coverage. There you go. All right, cool. Why don't you go ahead and park that? Stella, now you're up. Let me lower this just a little bit for you. All right. If you can try to park with your back facing the camera as well. How do you feel about that seat?

Speaker 3: This would not be [inaudible 00:10:25], because there's pressure on my lady parts because it's slender and narrow in the front. There's not enough for my bum. I just need a little bit more.

Speaker 1: Fair enough.

Speaker 3: For a long ride, this would be uncomfortable.

Speaker 1: Okay. The other thing I want to say, too, is I'm approaching seats from a standpoint of comfort, especially if you're jumping into biking or e-bike especially and you want to be on a seat for a long time. If you're not a seasoned rider, you can't just jump on and be comfortable. Now, efficiency is a whole other thing. That's why you have slimmer seats and more aerodynamic seats. But we're sizing for comfort. If we take a look at this, don't forget, this is nine and a half inches wide. Stella just commented that she's not getting the support, and you can see how it looks to be digging into her. We can give her something that's going to give her more support on the edges for her that will reduce that digging-in sensation. All right. You can go ahead and get off and I'll park this one. Make it easier for you, and then you can go ahead and get on your next seat. Is it all turned on? Yep. Okay.

Better or worse than the previous one.

Speaker 3: This is much better.

Speaker 1: Now, do you feel the different shape?

Speaker 3: It feels like there's more cushion in this seat.

Speaker 1: More cushioning in that one?

Speaker 3: Yeah, it feels like that.

Speaker 1: Yeah. Can you feel how it feels like a different shape than the first seat?

Speaker 3: Yeah, because I can feel the front part going upwards and I don't need pressure there.

Speaker 1: Fair enough.

Speaker 3: But as far as the back part, it's better than the first one.

Speaker 1: Got it. Okay. You can see it's a wider base and you can see it's giving her more coverage, so it's not cutting into her as much. The other thing she mentioned is it is a winged saddle, so it has a bucket feel. If you fit into that nicely, it'll be very, very comfortable. Again, it may not be right for Stella's body type, but it's still better than the previous one and I think we'll do even better with her on the third one. Let's go ahead. You can get off. This is our Winged Cush Saddle. That's our Sixthreezero Standard Saddle. Now is our Super Max Cush Saddle. Oh. Need the seat lower?

Speaker 3: A little bit.

Speaker 1: Oh, watch your hand by the... There we go. Okay. I'll bring that down for you. Oh, yep. Watch the throttle with your... There you go.

The best?

Speaker 3: This is much better. I feel like my whole butt is covered.

Speaker 1: All right. Let's park here and we'll show them. You can see we've increased the width by five inches. You can see the coverage she's getting, the full support she's getting, and it looks a lot more comfortable. She's saying it's a lot more comfortable. Again, so your legs aren't being cut into, you're getting that support and you're still able to ride and pedal, right? Does it feel good? Yep. Cool. All right. Let's get Stella on the last one with the backrest.

Do you like having the backrest?

Speaker 3: Yeah. If I'm going on a long ride, this would be great because I could do this. Lean back.

Speaker 1: Exactly. Same seat, the Super Max Cush. We've just got the backrest and you heard her. You can lean back, rest your back a little bit. Oh, you can pull up a little bit, pull up that way a little bit. It allows you to rest your back muscles. You need to lean back a little bit, take a break. It's great. Keeps the lumbar supported and Stella seems to prefer it. You can go ahead and get off. Cool. I'll go ahead and park this. Now let's just show you guys all three of these next to each other.

Okay. We've got our Super Max Cush, our Cush Wing Saddle here, and last but not least, our Oversized Bucket Saddle. Go ahead and show you on camera here. Now, if you just look at these two side by side, you can see the difference. And then if you were to put these two side by side, you can see it's almost about double the width there.

Looking at these two, you can still see it's substantially bigger between the Super Max Cush and the Wing Saddle. You can also see how looking at it this way, you can see it does curve up on the edges a little bit. But if you look at this one next to it, it curves up even more. If you look at the side profiles, you can see this one sits a little flatter. This one would be more like this on the bike. It'd be like that. It's a bucket. I don't know if you can see that on camera. It has a bucket shape right there. Now, both have the elastomer spring, so you're going to get great support underneath the spring that will give and bounce with you, which this one has as well. This is a bucket seat as well to cradle the rear when you're sitting on it.

Actually, Stella, do you mind holding this seat? We'll just hold it all. Why don't you come, or we'll go like that. If you can hold it like this. Yep. If you can see all three of them next to each other, there you go. You get the Super Max Cush with the... I can grab it. With the backrest. There you have it. Four seats you should know about if you're a heavier rider. If you have any questions about any four of these, comment below or email us, at theteam@sixthreezero.com. Or you can call us at (310) 982-2877. You can find these seats on our website, sixthreezero.com. Before you purchase, you want to talk to existing riders or users of these seats. Go to our Facebook Pedalers group and you can ask questions, and see how they like their seat before you purchase. All right. Thank you for sticking around. Don't forget, it's your journey, your experience. Enjoy the ride.