After an early morning Monday flight for work, back in 2015 I had a mild stroke, no cause identified. So I’m extra paranoid about leg blood flow, part of the reason I went with the jx3. Even with that after a long enough sit I’m feeling that bar across the front; I do sit on a maybe 3/4” foam pad most of the season.
Do you know what the most padded soft saddle available is?
What are you using as a platform?
One of the keys to keeping the frame of the hybrid from being uncomfortable is angle of knees, and ability to move feet.
Ideally, I like to set my tether height as high as I can reach to be able to move around tree easily. But the micro adjustment here matters too. I want to be set where my knees are bent 90 degrees with my backs of my heels sitting on my ring of steps. This requires tether attachment and fork adjustment to get just right. Sitting in this position, nearly all of my weight is resting on my butt and back of legs. Eventually, the frame along front of hybrid could start to cause pressure that might be uncomfortable. This is where the hybrid shines over soft saddles. Instead of a complete angle/positioning adjustment, I just slide my feet back to where my arch, or toes are on the steps. This raises my knees, and puts more pressure on butt and feet, and off of front of frame. It's imperceptible movement. When my rump or feet begin to feel the pressure, slide my feet back forward.
It's easy as pie, but does require a degree of paying attention - like any saddle system.
I have found that if you just set up platform, hang tether, and sit down somewhere around 90* without paying attention to foot placement and tether attachment and fork adjustment, you don't get the full advantage of the rigid seat.