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Nef
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I used to use Flights, then had a Condor bike fit. They said I was rocking too much and gave me a wider Romin (143mm) which is great. Idk if there are cycle shops with those arse measuring tools - but one of those will tell you your sit bone width, which will guide your required saddle width.
Personally I believe carbon posts help take out the buzz and improve comfort. I think a thud buster type thing is OTT. I know people use them for stokers on tandems, but that's a bit different. And it's telling that you never see both riders with them. I had a cheap suspension seatposts on my first London bike - what would have been called a hybrid at the time. It was pretty pointless.
Got to say tho, my experience of long distance cycling was that you need to break your body into it. So if you're sporadically doing multiday rides then you'll always be a bit sore.