"Michael Press" <
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Bestest Handsander" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Simon Cooper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > I'm vaguely looking for a new saddle - I have a Cannondale 700 on my
>> > flat
>> > bar bike that has me shifting around quite a bit.
>> >
>> > Keen on a leather surface, and I have a prediliction for bright
>> > colours.
>> >
>> > I'm fairly heavy at 210, not too tall. Not looking to do huge mileage
>> > on
>> > the thing, but ride regularly.
>> >
>> > Any saddle recommendations fitting this profile?
>> >
>> > My LBS doesn't carry Flites, which seem the most popular all round. Do
>> > saddles like that tend to be suitable for a wide range of people sizes?
>> > Chalo - what do you ride?
>>
>> I learned the hard way there really isn't any other option than to try
>> saddles until you find one that fits. Sounds like I'm taller and heavier
>> than you. When I was going through my saddle woes, people kept telling me
>> I
>> needed a wide saddle because of my size.
>>
>> After trying 8 different saddles I finally find one that fits like it was
>> custom built for my butt... the Selle Italia SLK. Go figure. Now it's on
>> both my road bikes, and I still love it.
>>
>> If you LBS won't let you try saddles out, you can pick up used, beat up
>> saddles on ebay for cheap. I was able to try 4 different ones for less
>> than
>> $70. Find one that fits, and then buy a new one if the trial one isn't
>> up
>> to you standards.
>
> Trying one saddle after another only means that none of
> them will be comfortable. Besides, when you work the
> pedals hard you have other things to worry about; and,
> even better, less weight on the saddle.
Yea... it's better to suffer for a whole season and risk permenant damage
waiting for your butt and peritoneal area to adapt when you can tell by how
the saddle touches you you're going to have problems. I gave each several
weeks to see if things would improve. They didn't. Those saddles just
weren't going to cut it for me. However, there were two that fit so poorly
that I couldn't take more than a hour on either.
Either you have a generic butt that will fit everything, your gravity
challenged, you believe the nonsense about no pain no gain, or you're too
young to understand your body changes over time.
I rode for 13 years on Selle San Marco Regals. Then one season something
changed and those saddles just didn't work anymore. I had to find something
different. There is a saddle for everyone. It just takes some of us longer
than others to find it. Here's the list I went though:
Selle Italia Max Flight Gel Flow
Selle Italia Pro Link (Trans Am)
Brooks B-17
Terry Fly
Avocet O2
Koobe Xenon
Selle San Marco Aspide Arrowhead
Selle San Marco Aspide Arrowhead gelaround
Selle Italia SLR
The winner!
Selle Italia SLK