Which Saddle?

it's why I never took part in long ride, like the bridge ride, let alone the dunwich dynamo.

I'm dying to do the DD, but I know I'll be in agony after 15 miles.

Ed - you could try a Selle SMP, expensive though, and unfortunately the UK dealer refuses to offer them to test ride before you buy.

Thing is, the chance I know that they'll still be uncomfortable is pretty high, and my sitbones is pretty wide.

at 129mm wide, it'll get inbetween my sitbones onto my superior pubic ramus (the bones inbetween the sitbones), and apparently, Selle said that the SMP design perfectly for the sitbones to rest comfortably on.

Even though I did enjoy cycling, I only enjoy the glimpse of it.

Really annoyed me for years.

Oh the joys of reading about pubic ramus's at 5 in the morning.
Bit of a bummer (no pun) you can't find a single saddle to get comfortable on.

I'm pretty comfy on the spoon atm, but haven't given it a long ride yet.
Thinking of replacing it, was only a cheap stop gap saddle really.

the spoon is quite a comfortable saddle, the best thing you should do is to spend a short while adjusting the saddle, for all you could know, your saddle may not be set at it's optimised position for you (especially seeing fixie skidder on theobald road with saddle set too high*).

lowering it a few millimetre (or risen it), adjust the angle carefully, move it forward or backward etc.

even the smallest adjustment can make a not-so-comfortable saddle into a very comfortable saddle.

*what's up with that? is there's some hidden code that brakeless hipster fixie skidder must set their saddle way too high that I do not know about?

ed
change your ass, not the saddle ! see a assologist ! now !!!!

Selle SMP. Done tens of thousands of miles on them. Very good. Expensive? Well, there are parts of my body I don't mind taking care of and spending money on.

http://osmosno.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/selle-smp-saddle-sponsored/

Supercorsa FTW. Really comfortable IMO.

Ed me old cream cake, I'd really suggest you try the RIDO.

Read the blurb and see if you are the type of customer that would benefit from it.

http://www.rido-cyclesaddles.com/
http://www.rido-cyclesaddles.com/shape-c3.html
http://www.rido-cyclesaddles.com/other-features-c11.html
http://www.rido-cyclesaddles.com/who-will-benefit-c100106.html
http://www.rido-cyclesaddles.com/what-the-experts-have-said-c100107.html
http://www.rido-cyclesaddles.com/health-issues-c13.html

If that doesn't help (sorry to sound like an advert for Rido), then maybe you're going to need a Pedersen.
There are some nice ones around.

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Bonus.Those Petersens might also be theft resistant!

Bonus.Those Petersens might also be theft resistant!

Who is PeTersen? :-o

Ed, what are you riding in? Jeans?

you have to break your arse in, not the saddle

Htfu

Jeans can make a huge difference to ride comfort. Does anyone know what shops have the sit bone measurer thing with the gel bit you sit on? I have quite wide sit bones and am thinking about getting a new saddle.

Ed, what are you riding in? Jeans?

sometime just jean and sometime cycling trouser/short with bibs.

the latter made a small difference but not enough.

hellomiles, evans have them.

surprised not one has recommended the htfu yet

sometime just jean and sometime cycling trouser/short with bibs.

the latter made a small difference but not enough.

Maybe it's the fit of the bike then. You might be currently positioned in such a way that is putting too much pressure on the saddle, instead of spreading it over all the contact points...I think you mentioned you're going to see Bike Whisperer soon so it may get sorted if this is the case.

I already been to Bike Whisperer in the first place, but it help slightly (and my position was perfect), but I'm going there again since I have a different bike and have a proper talk with him on saddle issue as I hasn't done that in the first place, just to help me get a good position for the 11 miles commute.

The RIDO R2 is pretty cheap, I think I'll have a butcher at those after bike whisperer.

SMP AVANT
San Marco Regale

you have to break your arse in, not the saddle

+1 yup

PM'd..

I already got there, I though you don't have issue with saddle?

netherless it'll be likely to be on the bike when I go to Southie again.

I already have an SLR and I get on with both the SLR and Flite, but any aggressive riding on the SLR and it cuts me in half.

I want a Flite for the track this season.