So I'm a newbie -- got my first road bike ever, and first bike since I was about ten, about three months ago. And I love it, love it, more than I ever expected, but I'm having saddle woes. I replaced the awful Bontrager it came with almost immediately with a Terry Damselfly. At first I loved it -- hardly even noticed I had a saddle -- but I was doing short rides, 10-15 miles. As I'm starting to do longer rides (30+ on a regular basis, did an 85 mile ride yesterday), though, I'm getting horrible soreness more or less on my pubic bone -- not so much trouble with chafing or sore tissue, more like the bruises I got on my sit bones when I first got the bike. I've been fitted, so I don't think that's the primary problem. (Though as I ride more I notice I want to be higher and further forward than the bike shop put me, though that's a separate issue).

I think one reason I'm having problems on longer rides is that I tend to hang out more on the drops when I'm on the bike for hours -- putting me further forward on the saddle.

Anyway, sorry for the long winded post, I think the cutout on the damselfly is part of the problem - when I'm down on the drops, I think my pubic bone actually falls in and rests on the front edge of the cutout. So I'm thinking of trying a saddle without a cutout (Arione looks appealing) -- does anyone have suggestions, advice, thoughts?

Thanks!