TT/tri bike saddles

[bluedress]

I know this would more appropriately belong in the "gear" section, but this is where owners of TT or tri bikes are going to hang out. (Plus I read a lot of the threads over there and did not find what I was looking for.)

Last week I went in for my road bike fitting (I had it done by a physical therapist). We put on aerobars and adjusted things similar to a timetrial/tri bike position. So I took it out for a spin yesterday—just 25 miles. I had no problems with the positioning of the bike other than the saddle—which had me wincing in pain by the halfway point. The short of it is—with the forward positioning of everything—the saddle that is on my bike is NOT, NOT, NOT going to work. Does anyone have a saddle on their TT/tri (or similarly positioned) bike that they love?

I see Bontrager makes the seat that TREK puts on their TT bikes, Race FIT TT: http://www.bontrager.com/Road/Compon...dles/21274.php. Specialized has a saddle called the Jett Women's Saddle—but I am not sure if it is suited to a TT bike or not: http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqP...jsp?spid=13530. Are there any others?

[Running Mommy]

On my new QR Seduza I have a saddelco from Performance. It's a mesh saddle with a hard plastic edge. I love the mesh for my bits, but the hard plastic edge tends to bite into my leg where the crotch meets the inner thigh. To conteract this I added a neoprene cover. I'm also going to try to put some moleskin or foam w/ adhesive on it on the rails to see if it helps. But w/ the neoprene it's tolerable- even for 100 miles.

I just put the selle smp trk ladies version on my road bike. I was on that for 5.5 hours on the trainer on saturday and that saddle worked well. I tried to stay down in the aerobars as much as possible to simulate my upcoming race. I had no girl bit problems at all w/ this saddle.

[Nanci]

I'm going to try out the selle smp soon, too. I have been using a Fizik Vitesse, which I am very happy with, (it's been on three bikes since 2000) but am curious about the selle. Anything to take pressure off that area, without having an adverse reaction on the sit-bones, would be nice. I am worried about it being too cushy or too wide back there, though...

I haven't heard of any of the saddles that have gel in the nose actually feeling good or better than those which don't.

Nanci

[Running Mommy]

Hey nanci if you are used to the fizik you may not like the SMP. It is wide like a cadillac. I was concerned when I got it in the mail, but it works great for my frontal bits. It is really cushy, and the back is pretty wide compared to the fizik I had and the saddelco. I did find that it didn't work well when I was sitting upright, but was great down in the aerobars.
I'm also not one for super cushy saddles, as they always seem better than they turn out to be?? Go figure/!

[Nanci]

Well, if I hate it, I am sure I can find it a new home!

Nanci

[Running Mommy]

well it is comfy, I'll say that. I was worried when I first looked at it. But my bits love it. Hopefully your do too!