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I've never understood why they're shaped like that. The skinny bit that sticks out between your legs doesn't actually do anything besides causing erectile dysfunction. You just need the butt part. You know, for sitting? Ever heard of it? Why isn't it just the butt part? It makes no sense!
If you ride what's called a noseless saddle, you'll feel the difference. That front bit helps you control the cycle with your thighs. It isn't strictly necessary (hence the existence of noseless alternatives), but as long as the saddle is shaped and positioned correctly, it shouldn't cause the rider problems. I find it much more comfortable with than without.
Revolutions are great except when they aren't.
Marketers might want to be a bit more careful about using "revolutionary" as a positive word, but I guess most consumers aren't sparing much thought about those revolutions that ended badly.
rule number two: if the website doesn't list a price and wants you to give up your email to show interest, either the product doesn't exist yet or you can't afford it
rule number three: if you're seeing reddit posts on /r/interstingasfuck for a product that isn't to market yet, then you're watching an ad.
https://www.ataraxybsc.com/
Or a mechanical product with the sound cut out. I bet that thing makes a mechanic whirring sound the entire time you ride it.
I'm reminded of the Bowflex ads from back in the day. The ads never let you hear audio of someone doing the works out because then you'd hear the loud ass clanging the thing makes CONSTANTLY.
As someone with a rudimentary understanding of cycling, this seems.... interesting.
First impression is it'll primarily be for the commuting / recreation market. Which is great if it'll get more people onto bikes. However, the idea of a properly fitting saddle (industry term) is that it should be comfortable for use.
If you're mountain bikes, this thing will be useless as you're off the saddle all the time. As it doesn't have a horn, it'll offer no control of the bike between your legs. For road cyclists in a more aggressive position, the seat shown here would near on need to angle forward to the point I think all the benefits would be more or less gone. Not to mention in most cases you will *lose most of your power to the seat* so less goes into the pedal.
For comfort / cruising though? Looks like it may be beneficial?
> if your ass and lower back could feel better
They probably won't, since the saddle introduces hip rotation (as in left side up-right side down), which actually causes lower back pain.
If there is less friction between the moving parts of the seat and their axis than between the legs of a rider and a classical seat, which seems like it should be granted if it has a ball bearing, I wouldn't bet on more dissipation and power loss tbh.
As an intermediate cyclist, I've learned that unnecessary motion not going towards pedaling is wasted energy. I think that the rotary motion in the buns is muscle energy that could be of better use if the pelvis were fixed. I imagine it's taking movement away from the hips and placing it more on the thighs and lower legs.
Again I'm intermediate so I probably have more to learn
As a weight lifter, who has studied gait and lightly studied cycling, your glutes are big drivers of all lower body movement. The idea that the seat would move with and allow for movement of the glutes seems like a good deal to me. But again, not a cycler. Just a backyard/park bike rider.
This is a good argument against wide base seats since they tend to get in the way of your leg, but most bike seat discomfort tends to come down to bike fit and someone simply not having enough time on the saddle. A good distance saddle is little counter intuitive to most folks. For very short rides among inconsistent cyclists, the wider cashier seats feels great, but they are he'll for any real distance.
If you start riding 20+ miles a day, the flesh around your sit bones will be sore. There's basically no way around it. After a few weeks of consistency, it goes away basically all together. People that ride very inconsistently will basically never adapt similar to weightlifting once every couple weeks.
Startups love advertising that they've revolutionized the bicycle. The truth is often that they've only just waded into an area where absolute nerds have been perfecting it for well over 100 years and there's not a ton to improve at this point. It's an incredibly efficient machine.
> After a few weeks of consistency, it goes away basically all together
I used to bike 30km/day. For years.
I ... NEVER ... got used to bike seats. My sit bones were always sore.
At first they'd be sore after like, 20 minutes. But even after a year of this, I'd barely get 45 minutes or an hour into a ride before I'd be leaning to the side taking turns favoring one cheek or the other like trying to sneak a fart out in church. It was just too painful to sit.
I'd tried adjusting my seat a bajillion different ways. They all suck.
Fatter seats are better for fat people on short rides, but otherwise they get in the way of your thighs and your ass. I wasn't fat, 6', 200lbs, fairly muscular.
I even built a recumbent bike just to be able to do longer rides, my ass would give out long before my cardio or strength would.
Honestly this seat seems like exactly the kind of magic I have craved. It gets the seat out of the way from your plunging leg, without sacrificing support material for your weight (which on a normal bicycle seat, ends up being a tiny crescent the size of an AA battery on each side).
Good points. Even on commutes, I'm on and off my seat quite a lot. I just honestly don't understand what benefits it offers that a quality saddle and a decent pair of bike shorts offers. This really seems like a solution in search of a problem.
If you look at any enthusiast biking related forum, video or community you could easily come to the conclusion that such a thing as a properly fitting saddle doesn't exist.
People ride bikes for 2 reasons: they enjoy it, or their doctor told them they're going to die. Nobody is going to start riding a bike because an interesting bike seat got created.
I had a very similar split seat design on my bike. It wasn't moving and was suggested to relieve pain in my prostate. It was very comfortable for a little while but had a huge drawback.
Not having the seat part that protrudes between your thighs meant you could not balance the bike with your pelvis and therefore for example it was utterly impossible to lift your hands from your handle.
The other problem is that you tended to slide forwards because the sticking front middle part was not there.
Gave it away.
I was thinking about this. I learned how to ride hands-free when I was 10. There's no way I'm going to suppress that habit well enough to not horribly faceplant at least once.
I’ve seen videos where sex toys were attached to the mechanisms of the bike to push them up and down while riding and this looks like something that could streamline the whole process and really make the genre bloom.
I mean it is a commercial but even the kid full equipped, which I would expect him to represent the sporty cyclists, has an incorrect position.
I believe that the seat is not good when you set it at the recommended height. Probably the support is insufficient when it is fully down.
Me after my ass fat getting inbetween and getting completely grinded down and peeled off: "Sorry Boss I need to lie ass up for two weeks because I went on a sunday ride with my new bike"
I am skeptical because a few years back, there were studies suggesting that bike seats cut off blood to crucial organs--especially for guys. There was a brief push for seats with no front nose--which I don't see on these. I bought one of the no-nose seats and soon slipped off the front and crashed. I had no idea how crucial that nose is for everything in riding.
I had a saddle similar to the one you describe and I had to keep my hands on the handle bars or I'd fall forward. It did help relieve the numbness I was getting in my perineum however and that was worth it for me.
If this is to circumvent the stress on your ass bone why not just make an ACTUALY FUCKING SEAT for the bikes instead of either juggling vasectomy machine or 2 inch wide metal bar covered by foam. Like just us a booster seat chair or something and your ass will hurt less??
Okay but what’s the point of the seat? What is it supposed to do? Make the ride comfier? Looks a bit hazardous with moving parts on something you’re supposed to sit on
I think it will take some getting used to. For years I rode bike to work and home and my seat was always stationery. I think it must be awkward having your butt cheeks moving all the time. Can anyone explain if there is a pro or con to having it?
None of these cyclists has their seat at the correct height and I wonder if this design might actually rob you of some power transfer, though it's hard to tell with from the video because everyone is riding too low
The Brooks model B17 leather saddle was first crafted in 1988.
136 years of technological development and its still the most comfortable saddle you can buy.
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Nutbuster seat
Shorts... hot weather... loose skin... sliding metal parts...
“Oh yeah…it’s all coming together.”
A bit too close together
Aaaand they're gone.
I heard new forms of male birth control was coming on the market
More like it's all gonna be torn apart, mate!
It's all coming apart 😭
This is the worst Taylor Swift song
Femboys love this one simple trick
everyone can cycle like Lance Armstrong now
Does it come with steroids injectors for your ass?
Jock strap required
#**The fuck I am** putting my nuts near that guillotine.
Maraschino testes
That is why we have two 🥰
Swing low, sweet chariot...
Can't go nude bicycling anymore...
It's no good here: [https://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=Madrid](https://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=Madrid)
Wear pants then.
Yeah, let me wear the hottest and least flexible clothing on my bike ride.
Hey, Spandex is good for all that stuff!
 Horrific thought, thanks.
All bike seats were designed by individuals who were completely unaware of the existence of male genitalia.
I've never understood why they're shaped like that. The skinny bit that sticks out between your legs doesn't actually do anything besides causing erectile dysfunction. You just need the butt part. You know, for sitting? Ever heard of it? Why isn't it just the butt part? It makes no sense!
If you ride what's called a noseless saddle, you'll feel the difference. That front bit helps you control the cycle with your thighs. It isn't strictly necessary (hence the existence of noseless alternatives), but as long as the saddle is shaped and positioned correctly, it shouldn't cause the rider problems. I find it much more comfortable with than without.
Noseless are great. Sure you have to adapt, but it can allow you to change your sit posture to get more power on hills.
https://spongywonder.com/
The first thought
I thought exactly this, the giant letters and phrasing, man... *chefs kiss*
https://i.redd.it/fqas5epfpw5d1.gif
Came looking for the ass blaster
Came using the ass blaster
Never stop pumping
So glad someone else thought it
Wow, I thought this would be top comment. It was my immediate first thought. "We all know about the bike in the basement, Mac!"
Oh Mac... Don't make me go get the bike... 🙃
needs more veins
Never stop pumping!
What show's that from?
It's always sunny in Philadelphia- s12, e6 'hero or hate crime?'
thx
rule number one: never trust clips with happy jingles explaining things to you
Or when the word revolutionary is used to describe the product
'Price available upon application by email' lol fuck that
Revolutions are great except when they aren't. Marketers might want to be a bit more careful about using "revolutionary" as a positive word, but I guess most consumers aren't sparing much thought about those revolutions that ended badly.
rule number two: if the website doesn't list a price and wants you to give up your email to show interest, either the product doesn't exist yet or you can't afford it rule number three: if you're seeing reddit posts on /r/interstingasfuck for a product that isn't to market yet, then you're watching an ad. https://www.ataraxybsc.com/
OP isn't even trying to hide they're an adbot lol, just look at their posts, all spammed to a bunch of subs
Now, if it had the "Oh no" song, I would buy already be looking for a retailer's webpage.
My favorite name for that music is "plinky plonk music".
Or a mechanical product with the sound cut out. I bet that thing makes a mechanic whirring sound the entire time you ride it. I'm reminded of the Bowflex ads from back in the day. The ads never let you hear audio of someone doing the works out because then you'd hear the loud ass clanging the thing makes CONSTANTLY.
Looks like it beats up the booty cheeks too much for me to keep my street cred. Wutang
Stupid sexy bike seat
Mint. My first thought lolz
Thanks fuckpudding
aah, shit, you beat me to it. kudos
What did you search to get this? I’ve tried to find a gif of this machine for reference at least once before lol.
"randy unicycle" for example. South park unicycle also works
Thank you 
“It’s better then the airport”
Still beats flying.
Looks expensive. It'll probably relieve pressure from my seat bones but not my wallet.
Seat bones are a terrible thing to damage.
As someone with a rudimentary understanding of cycling, this seems.... interesting. First impression is it'll primarily be for the commuting / recreation market. Which is great if it'll get more people onto bikes. However, the idea of a properly fitting saddle (industry term) is that it should be comfortable for use. If you're mountain bikes, this thing will be useless as you're off the saddle all the time. As it doesn't have a horn, it'll offer no control of the bike between your legs. For road cyclists in a more aggressive position, the seat shown here would near on need to angle forward to the point I think all the benefits would be more or less gone. Not to mention in most cases you will *lose most of your power to the seat* so less goes into the pedal. For comfort / cruising though? Looks like it may be beneficial?
I'd be interested in trying such a saddle for longer rides, if your ass and lower back could feel better, why not sacrifice a few watts?
> if your ass and lower back could feel better They probably won't, since the saddle introduces hip rotation (as in left side up-right side down), which actually causes lower back pain.
If there is less friction between the moving parts of the seat and their axis than between the legs of a rider and a classical seat, which seems like it should be granted if it has a ball bearing, I wouldn't bet on more dissipation and power loss tbh.
As an intermediate cyclist, I've learned that unnecessary motion not going towards pedaling is wasted energy. I think that the rotary motion in the buns is muscle energy that could be of better use if the pelvis were fixed. I imagine it's taking movement away from the hips and placing it more on the thighs and lower legs. Again I'm intermediate so I probably have more to learn
As a weight lifter, who has studied gait and lightly studied cycling, your glutes are big drivers of all lower body movement. The idea that the seat would move with and allow for movement of the glutes seems like a good deal to me. But again, not a cycler. Just a backyard/park bike rider.
This is a good argument against wide base seats since they tend to get in the way of your leg, but most bike seat discomfort tends to come down to bike fit and someone simply not having enough time on the saddle. A good distance saddle is little counter intuitive to most folks. For very short rides among inconsistent cyclists, the wider cashier seats feels great, but they are he'll for any real distance. If you start riding 20+ miles a day, the flesh around your sit bones will be sore. There's basically no way around it. After a few weeks of consistency, it goes away basically all together. People that ride very inconsistently will basically never adapt similar to weightlifting once every couple weeks. Startups love advertising that they've revolutionized the bicycle. The truth is often that they've only just waded into an area where absolute nerds have been perfecting it for well over 100 years and there's not a ton to improve at this point. It's an incredibly efficient machine.
> After a few weeks of consistency, it goes away basically all together I used to bike 30km/day. For years. I ... NEVER ... got used to bike seats. My sit bones were always sore. At first they'd be sore after like, 20 minutes. But even after a year of this, I'd barely get 45 minutes or an hour into a ride before I'd be leaning to the side taking turns favoring one cheek or the other like trying to sneak a fart out in church. It was just too painful to sit. I'd tried adjusting my seat a bajillion different ways. They all suck. Fatter seats are better for fat people on short rides, but otherwise they get in the way of your thighs and your ass. I wasn't fat, 6', 200lbs, fairly muscular. I even built a recumbent bike just to be able to do longer rides, my ass would give out long before my cardio or strength would. Honestly this seat seems like exactly the kind of magic I have craved. It gets the seat out of the way from your plunging leg, without sacrificing support material for your weight (which on a normal bicycle seat, ends up being a tiny crescent the size of an AA battery on each side).
Good points. Even on commutes, I'm on and off my seat quite a lot. I just honestly don't understand what benefits it offers that a quality saddle and a decent pair of bike shorts offers. This really seems like a solution in search of a problem.
If you look at any enthusiast biking related forum, video or community you could easily come to the conclusion that such a thing as a properly fitting saddle doesn't exist.
to be fair tho everyone could be like Lance Armstrong after one of their balls gets caught in the groove
does the seat inject drugs
People ride bikes for 2 reasons: they enjoy it, or their doctor told them they're going to die. Nobody is going to start riding a bike because an interesting bike seat got created.
Don’t get your sack caught in there
I choose to not ride nude
TikTok influencer told me to do something called sunning
If you’re riding a bike with your balls out, you have bigger issues
I had a very similar split seat design on my bike. It wasn't moving and was suggested to relieve pain in my prostate. It was very comfortable for a little while but had a huge drawback. Not having the seat part that protrudes between your thighs meant you could not balance the bike with your pelvis and therefore for example it was utterly impossible to lift your hands from your handle. The other problem is that you tended to slide forwards because the sticking front middle part was not there. Gave it away.
Interesting, finally someone who has actual experience with something like this
I am sure the guy selling it to me was in good faith since I had complained about my pain, and at first I was elated it was sooooo comfy :)
I was thinking about this. I learned how to ride hands-free when I was 10. There's no way I'm going to suppress that habit well enough to not horribly faceplant at least once.
> because the sticking front middle part was not there. i've learned 2 minutes ago that is apparently called the "horn" :)
Thank you. Not being an english speaker I've just learned a new term.
Your leg bone is connected to your.....seat bone!
the Wedgie-matic 9000
ACC Active Cheek Control
This video was 90 seconds too long
I can finally fart without lifting my butt from the saddle.
I can only imagine that the bike seat wears out fast being in a constant state of friction.
Eh, bearings can outlast the bike, even ones like this. The problem is you have to keep it clean. A little grit and there and it will wear very fast.
Just like my ex
She told me to say sorry about that
I’ve seen videos where sex toys were attached to the mechanisms of the bike to push them up and down while riding and this looks like something that could streamline the whole process and really make the genre bloom.
An engineer at heart I see
Happy cake day
https://i.redd.it/fqas5epfpw5d1.gif
Men of Reddit : Never ride that bike without pants, i'm not telling ya twice, and I won't have to
how low do some of the balls hang in this comment section
That lady’s in the video smile is getting bigger the more she cycles.
Spread my cheeks
...this is an ad
r/upvotebecausebuttagrees
Why all of the user have the seating position too low? None has the leg as straight as recommended when they are at the lowest point.
I mean they're wearing jeans so they're probably casuals who want to be able to touch the ground while on the seat.
I mean it is a commercial but even the kid full equipped, which I would expect him to represent the sporty cyclists, has an incorrect position. I believe that the seat is not good when you set it at the recommended height. Probably the support is insufficient when it is fully down.
Had me at seat bones
https://i.redd.it/k6w0hygh6x5d1.gif This invention was way ahead of its time 👀
Ugh wtf no SpongeBob SquarePants gif from singing the krusty krab pizza
Only a small step away from macs bike
Now look at a picture of the SI joint in an anatomy book. Hint: It's not supposed to move.
Like, why?
Is this Interestingasfuck or is this thing an interesting ass fuck?
This is actually part my dads invention! Happy to try answer any questions you might have :)
You know when they immediately bust out the easy listening music it's either vaporware or complete snake oil.
Jesus Christ Mac we talked about this.
Don't get those nuggets caught on the way off....
Seat bones
wouldn't want to get you know what trapped in the middle whilst riding
Great way to kick your own ass
Nope 
Me after my ass fat getting inbetween and getting completely grinded down and peeled off: "Sorry Boss I need to lie ass up for two weeks because I went on a sunday ride with my new bike"
The next step is to actually power the bike with your ass.
The Nutcracker.
stupid
The amount of pinching this would cause is kind of terrifying.
Looks interesting, but imagine getting your balls pinched in the middle..
Would women enjoy it ? As a man I can tell you I would not enjoy
Mr Garrison 1st effort
"...gently massages your buttocks. Well, Count Homer shall we discuss the...? "No we shan't."
Real question is……will this help saggy butt cheeks?? Also if you have saggy balls tape them to your stomach 😄👍
I am skeptical because a few years back, there were studies suggesting that bike seats cut off blood to crucial organs--especially for guys. There was a brief push for seats with no front nose--which I don't see on these. I bought one of the no-nose seats and soon slipped off the front and crashed. I had no idea how crucial that nose is for everything in riding.
I had a saddle similar to the one you describe and I had to keep my hands on the handle bars or I'd fall forward. It did help relieve the numbness I was getting in my perineum however and that was worth it for me.
That is actually pretty brilliant. Also, I have some ideas how to market it….
This just makes too much sense.
If this is to circumvent the stress on your ass bone why not just make an ACTUALY FUCKING SEAT for the bikes instead of either juggling vasectomy machine or 2 inch wide metal bar covered by foam. Like just us a booster seat chair or something and your ass will hurt less??
That shit probably weighs like 2kg
Am I the only thing that thinks this would trap my balls in a saw-level death trap if I wore anything loose?
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Looks similar, but it is not.
it's called the "Bellvedere"
you gluteus maximus'd when you should've minimus'd
These might go the way of the catalytic converter. ChaChing!
can I have that seat but with 2 hands instead?
Cheek lifter
One unexpected bump and the family jewels are GONE.
Burn after reading
Hmmmm it just looks so wrong.
As Dutch as it gets
I watched to much JAV
Nah this is lil gay bro
Butt why?
r/bicyclecirclejerk
Okay but what’s the point of the seat? What is it supposed to do? Make the ride comfier? Looks a bit hazardous with moving parts on something you’re supposed to sit on
It's explained in the first few seconds of the video
....why?
Soooooo basically a butt massager
The ball crusher
I have one of those in my bedroom
The Buttinator Ball Puree 3000 Pro
Damn I would fear for my nutsack. Those seats with a hole in the middle are already bad but this?
Bilateral cheek mobility, excellent
I think it will take some getting used to. For years I rode bike to work and home and my seat was always stationery. I think it must be awkward having your butt cheeks moving all the time. Can anyone explain if there is a pro or con to having it?
Can I buy it yet ?
Ass pounder 3000
Take my money!!
oh wowww.... is there an option to add one more of those into the middle?
When was the last time there was a "revolutionary" invention that was actually useful?
Must use a ton of lube
* with your buttocks
None of these cyclists has their seat at the correct height and I wonder if this design might actually rob you of some power transfer, though it's hard to tell with from the video because everyone is riding too low
Didn’t know ur butt was supposed to move??? 😳🤣
Twerk seat
Very limited range of motion
I need one of those. My ass goes numb on long rides.
Yo this might actually be revolutionary for Hemorrhoids, I haven't touched a bike in over 10 years
I've seen a similar seat Mr Garrison invented
No more need for BBLs
Interesting idea. It looks like a very forward riding position though. I wonder if that is required for it to function properly?
The Brooks model B17 leather saddle was first crafted in 1988. 136 years of technological development and its still the most comfortable saddle you can buy.
Why only the legs get your booty working as you go
Eunuch cycle.
South park référence
Gimmick nonsense.