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Flur- Yes, my seat has a cutout. I have a Serfas women's saddle.
Miranda- I'm actually sure the LBS would be totally helpful. I just never manage to get over there with my crazy work schedule. The guy who helped fit my bike was great. I liked him a lot. He spent about a few hours on the trainer with me, figuring out what would work. But he totally didn't think about the seat. When I was checking out, the woman behind the counter told them to put on the saddle I have now... "Trust me, you'll want it." I was a little sore at first but things seemed to adjust and then I was off my bike for a few months, and it has been a sore transition back on.
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oh, and next time someone at the lbs tried to tell you that "no-one" needs a saddle "that wide" just ignore them (I was going to write something a lot ruder but I figured I'd just offend the friendly bike store owners here on TE ;) ). Next time you ride behind ANYBODY, check and see how much of their butt is actually resting on the saddle - only a fraction. The size of your hips on the outside really doesn't say much about the width of your sitbones on the inside, except on average I s'pose tall bigboned people have wider sitbones than short petite ones.
Good luck finding a saddle!
