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JWestland
I spoke to a guy at Bespoked that had loads of saddles and a Watt bike and a pelvis skeleton thing and he was telling/showing me how the SMP saddles are marmite and it's not just the aesthetic that divides people, some people just aren't the right shape for them. He had one (Pro maybe) that he said wouldn't work for the pelvis he had and showed me how due to the massive cutout the bit you sit on is actually more of an edge and it was just in the wrong place for that pelvis.
I told him about how I'd tried a fake and found it comfy until I hit bumpy surface and then found it hell and he reckoned that the shape suited me but I needed padding to stop bruising, he said that the pain from bruising is usually way worse than pain from a saddle that just doesn't fit very well.
He also had one of those mental saddles with the shark fin that goes up yer chuff
and was saying that he'd never expect anyone to ride full time with one but that he uses it to assess and sort out how straight a person is sitting.
Interesting chat.