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Random thoughts-
a number of shops do the try before you buy, its worth the try there.
If your arse won't fit a Rolls then try the Turbo, its like an arm chair for the downstairs dept.
The Rolls due is hard to beat. The standard Rolls is good on fixed because you work over its length for differnet tasks- spinning you slide forward, hills are a slide back, etc, but it doesn't mean to say its good on a road bike though.
The shorter length Fizik's are worthy of a try, the longer ones you need to measure a mid point in the saddle and bolt it to the seat post, the tail is very long and not much use really other than to fool you on setting up on the bike- a mid position on the rails is a good starting point, and flat top too.
Specialised have twigged peeps sit bones are different widths, and its worth a try there to see what width will suit you, and work from there.
Peeps are right on making sure your saddle is in the correct place, your arse is unique, your sitting position may need examination. (An Auntie of mine wanted a "bum cast" in plaster of paris so she could get the right shaped saddle, she wasn't wrong in her logic).
Cyclefit- yes its good but.. a woman I was coaching had her bike fitted there, and I can't understand why they failed to tell her that her convex back shape when sitting on a bike would never allow her to realize her full potential.
She did get there by her own means, and her comments on cyclists backs being wrong were retracted with haste.
The tip is to sit on the bike and look in the patio door, shop window etc to see what you you look like side on view, you may get a shock .......
Good thick sponge in the chamois covers a multitude of errors, some may feel more like a nappy though.
Having had an arsenal (pun intended!) of saddles over the years, I can say its not an easy game to find the right saddle.
Ok I'm just off to change the saddle on my latest Track bike yet again......