Bike Month Product Review: Terry Cite-X Gel

During an earlier chapter of my fiancé Lisa's life she went 9+ years without a car. She bicycled everywhere, carried her bike up and down stairways daily, but one of the things she disliked about bicycling was the uncomfortable bike seats.


When the carless years of Lisa's life drew to a close she thought and said often "if my ass never touches a bike seat again it'll be too soon."


Fast forward to 2010.


Lisa is courted by a bicycle nut job, yours truly, and I'm really hoping to enjoy cycling with Lisa and her son Mark.


I got her a  beautiful Trek Belleville but it came with a recycled plastic seat. Lisa tried it and then she took it off the bike, put it in the middle of our driveway, poured gasoline on it, set it on fire, and drove over it six times with her car. Not really, but that accurately depicts how she felt about it.


So I replaced that seat with a much more comfortable looking model from Planet Bike which was a huge improvement - but still not great.


Then we acquired a tandem and in an effort to try to find something more comfortable I outfitted the stoker position with the coziest looking saddle from Eleven81 and ... she didn't like it at all.


I almost started to think that there may not be a bicycle saddle that Lisa actually likes. In her words "When I ride, even if just for a short period of time, my sit bones hurt." 


I wasn't ready to give up yet, and in retrospect, it would have probably been a good idea to have started with "The Original Women's Cycling Company" Terry Precision Bicycles for Women. 


I installed the Terry Cite-X Gel on Lisa's bike, she rode it and said ...

I love this seat! She says the Terry is the first bike seat she's ever ridden that doesn't hurt.


Lisa thought it'd be nice to tell all women who've had trouble finding a comfortable saddle about Terry ~ so here we are :D