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Well, specifically I mean, have any of the men on here got wide sit-bones? Mine are really wide spaced - in the women's category, if I recall - and the Charge Spoon is proving to be really uncomfortable on longer rides or after a couple of days of medium rides. I kind of slide down across it, so the weight is being taken more on the inside of the sit bones, not on the underside.
I've UTFS and there's plenty of saddle convos, but nobody complaining of my specific problem that I can see - plenty of people saying they have wide hips and normal sit bones though. I have the opposite. If I missed a post, please do point me at it.
Looking at the Spoon, it does droop from the centre quite a bit - and there are other flatter saddles around I could try. But saddles are pretty subjective. So I'd prefer to cut some of the trial and error and make some educated choices of what to try if possible. Oh yes, and it needs to be white, which is cutting my choices down. Brooks don't make white saddles (not as standard, anyway).
I talked the bike shop near the City office into letting me test-ride a nice flat looking white saddle, fecked if I can remember the name (first day at work post swine flu, my mind wasn't quite 100%) but I do recall it was about £80. Which is a lot for a duff purchase if it isn't right. And I can only really go a couple of miles on it on a test ride, whereas I want a good 10 miles to get a proper feel for it, probably a few days. So I'll just have to take a punt at some point. I'm prepared to pay for decent arse comfort - but recommendations of other people with similar bone structure would help me make the choice I think.
For what its worth, any men tried using ladies saddles? Some of them are pretty unisex - just a little wider.