I did it. I found a saddle like & shorts that fit my long waist

[Luci]

This just should not be so hard, but it was.

I leave tomorrow morning for South Dakota and my trek on the Mickelson Bike trail. Finding the right combination of saddle and shorts has been critical and frustrating. My old MTB shorts and ancient GT gel lite saddle had to go! But what to replace them with?????

So . . . . Terry MENS Liberator it is . I was getting so tired of buying and returning saddles and getting worried about this trip.

And shorts what a experience that's been! Thank goodness for Descente!!! My old Hinds were fine for MTB rides where I wasn't really sitting much on the bike, but did not work for long rides where I was sitting on the saddle. If any of you are long waisted, I totally recommend Descente.

Honestly, I was begining to think I was a freak of nature or something! I'm not that tall at 5'6", but it's waist down and long thigh bone. While trying on a couple pairs of Descentes that actually fit it hit me. Duh!!! I'm long waisted. Plus narrow. Thus, I need a chamois that is a bit longer for the hour glass shape and narrower than most of what's out there. Apparently I'm not the only one because the Descentes actually fit.

After getting chafed with Pear Izumi's 3-D chamois I was very critical of any short I tried on. And, all the sales guys would take me right over to the PI's. "Here little lady, these are the BEST shorts. You'll love them. EVERYBODY loves them." It was like used car shopping.

So . . . happy end to the story. I can't wait to hit the trail!

You all have been so helpful!

[bcipam]

Also look at Terry's Hi-Rise shorts with the ultimate chamois. I have the same problem as you and they seem to fit the bill.

[SouthernBelle]

I think she actually wants the lo-rise short if she's long waisted. I am and I do.

[Luci]

So . . . now I'm confused. LOL. I bet I'm using the term, "long waisted" wrong. Proportionally, the chamois needs to be longer than for an average build. In other words, if you took a measuring tape and ran it from my navel, through my legs, and back to my waist on my back, it would be longer than most people. Hehe, I'm long pelvised. Does that make me short waisted, not long waisted? Oh that sewing class in 7th grade was too long ago

[SouthernBelle]

http://www.stylephyle.com/experts/long.html

Basically, if your waist is low, you are long-waisted, your upper body is longer.

[DrBee]

Hincapie Performer shorts have very long waists, from what I've heard and seen in pics.

[Bad JuJu]

In other words, if you took a measuring tape and ran it from my navel, through my legs, and back to my waist on my back, it would be longer than most people.

I don't know about anywhere else, but here in the southeast, they call that "long in the stride" (or "straaahhhd" in Southernese ). "Long-waisted" means longer than usual from your shoulders to your waist, as SouthernBelle noted. So you need shorts that have a longer stride, or whatever that waist-to-hip measurement is called by clothing manufacturers.

And it can be difficult to find comfy shorts that work for you no matter what size/shape you are, so now that you've found the ones you like, I'd buy something like a case of them, because as someone else has said, when you find something you like, sure enough the manufacturer will either modify them beyond recognition or jack the price up or stop making them altogether.