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I decided to admit I might be wrong about my SLR Superflow last week and plunge on an SMP Dynamic.
The former had become more and more painful over the last year and I had started to feel like the numbness/ache was impacting performance. For a long time, I had been resistant to admitting I had made a poor decision, choosing it over the SMP.
The latter is more padded than the SLR from the get go, so its expected to be more comfortable, but. the. SHAPE! These saddles are amazing, I feel like the swooping arch keeps me in position (having always found myself slide forward to the rivet whenever I increased power/used drops).
My only ache came 2 hrs in to a ride and appeared quite distinctly just above my glutes, indicating to me that having the saddle level was holding my pelvis in too vertical a rotation. Thanks to this thread and Steve Hogg: i knew to expect this; had my spanner with me; and quickly rotated the saddle forward slightly. Back ache gone immediately relieved, rest of ride perfect.
Thank you to all of the evangelists here!