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Does anyone have any advice about selecting a TT saddle?
I originally had a San Marco Ponza TT which I liked but gave me numbness on long rides and anything longer than about 10 minutes on the turbo.
I switched to an ISM Adamo TT saddle which I've used for a couple of years - it relived the numbness and was very comfortable for shorter events but the width of the nose gave me bad chafing on my inner thighs on longer rides.
I borrowed an ISM PN1.0 but I discarded it because the nose is identical to the Adamo TT so wouldn't solve the chafing issues, also I wasn't convinced by the shallow sweep from nose to rear of the saddle.
I'm currently trying a Fizik Tritone. The nose is much narrower than the Adamo TT which is a great improvement, however it is also shorter and has an almost 90ยบ corner between the top and front of the saddle which makes it feel like it is ramming up into my gooch just behind my balls. Another frustration with the Tritone is that I'm having a difficult time getting it set up to feel like it's in the correct position - with the Adamo TT the recommendation was to fit it with the rails parallel to the ground but I can't find any equivalent instructions with the Tritone... presumably I should be aiming for the top of the saddle to be within a degree or two of level (as per most other saddles)?
Any other suggestions welcomed... I'd quite like to try both the Aerocoach axis and the Fabric Tri saddles but struggling to find second hand versions I can try.