I suspect it would be easier to adapt the latter to the former than vice versa.
To heck with a better mousetrap. Invent a bicycle seat that isn’t a torture instrument and the world will pedal to your door.
I know I would. There are some “different” designs out there, but none I’ve found that seem to be accepted as a real improvement.
The big problem is probably that individual anatomical peculiarities make a big difference. What works for Sherman may not work at all for Albert.