The BioFloat bike seat won’t exactly float on water should you encounter a lake or river during a ride, but it will handle every bump in the road a little beat. The seat is designed to soak up vibrations and act as a shock absorber for the rider’s backside.
This system – which is more than just the seat itself – consists of a carbon fiber seatpost, topped with a head that clamps onto the seat’s mountain rails. This seat clamp is cradled with a pair of flexible clamshell-style elastomer inserts that isolate it from the rest of the tube. This provides a bit of float, which can be adjusted by choosing between three sets of elastomers of varying softness. Anything that takes a bit of the bump of the ride might just help some riders go the distance.
There is always a bump in the road, but that doesn’t mean you have to feel it while riding a bike. In fact two new products may make riders feel fewer bumps and have a smoother ride. These new seats posts work to absorb the bumps.
The world isn’t flat, but when it comes to bicycle design the old beliefs are sometimes hard to kill. It took years for carbon fiber to be accepted as a frame material. Likewise, for decades most bicycle’s front forks were curved – but now as forks are straight, seat posts are going around the bend with new curved designs.