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Tijs
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So... Been out on a bunch more rides now and my initial misgivings about the saddle have definitely not abated: the Fizik Antares Versus Evo is absolutely the LEAST comfortable saddle in the history of uncomfortable saddles: The ridges on the cut-out go all the way down to the nose and attack you wherever you try and hide from them, and the plastic base sticks out from underneath the 'padding', meaning every time you slide forward you get sliced and pinched in the ass.
So... time for a different saddle.
I have bike-fit numbers relating to my old Flite, a Rolls from the Dawes, and of course the Antares.
Flites are pretty good but do sometimes make my toes go numb (hence why I was trying a cut-out).
Rolls are extremely comfortable but are big, heavy things so not ideal either.
I happen to have a version of the Antares without a cut-out in the parts bin so I'm gonna try that first. It was supposed to be for the Saffron but was second hand from ebay and arrived with some minor damage that the seller conveniently forgot to mention. Had intended to stick it back on ebay but never got round to it.
I put it on last night and managed to get out for an hour or so at lunchtime today - so far so good, I'm relieved to say! Obviously I'll have to take it on a few longer rides before I really know what's what, but already the difference between this one and the Versus Evo is huge. I'm feeling optimistic.
A shit saddle really does ruin the fun.