Help w/saddle decision

[mj15]

Okay, I have tried several saddles and searched many forums to help find my perfect saddle. I used my husbands carbon rail Aiante on a 100mi ride yesterday and it was great but not yet perfect. It felt great on sit bones, no chaffing, (problems I've had with Brooks, Terry, Selle, and Serfas models) but I did experience numbness where a cut out would be. In researching,the Arione sounds too stiff (I like the curves of the Aliante) I'd read where the Aliante Gamma is softer and feels like a cut out saddle. Has anyone tried it? Does the rest of the Gamma feel like the Aliante carbon? I really like the Aliante, numdness doesn't equal pain, it is just annoying after 50 miles. My husband thinks I should just give his saddle a longer trial period but he is a weight weenie and frets over the gram differences in the Gamma model vs carbon rail model. Can anyone offer opinions? ...Thanks

[mimitabby]

If you're concerned about weight, get a plastic saddle. If you want to sit on it for 100 miles and your butt NOT be the only thing you think about all day, get a Brooks leather saddle.
I am sure you have already seen all the threads about Brooks saddles, but you DID ask.

[chickwhorips]

i don't know, but i'm in the same boat as you. so far... saddle 3, amber 0

[mj15]

I tried a Brooks, I bought three of them and put them on my fixed gear, my bike on the trainer, and my road bike. The Brooks was fine on the trainer, good on the short rides on the fixed gear but over thirty miles and the brooks caused bruised bones, and chaffing. I'm wondering if the Aliente Gamma is truly softer in the middle? How different is it from the Aliente carbon? I've narrowed my saddle choice to one of those two....any help.

[Veronica]

Which model Brooks did you try?

V.

Ps I don't know anything about the saddles you're considering, but I LOVE my Brooks Finesse.

Have you looked at the tilt of your saddle?

[mj15]

I had b17 champ w/ti, b17 std, b17 womens version. I think the angle of the seat is okay. I hate spending money to try saddles, my local bike shop does have trial seats but never ones I am interested in.

[Bikingmomof3]

Which model Brooks did you try?

V.

Ps I don't know anything about the saddles you're considering, but I LOVE my Brooks Finesse.

Have you looked at the tilt of your saddle?

This is a personal question, but I am desperate. Do you know how wide/narrow your sits bones are? I was just on the phone with Bill regarding Brooks sadles. My sitting bones are 13 cm and I just do not know which on to try-I have read every single thread and I am desperate. Please help.