I followed with interest the 'very happy tushie' thread, last year, I have tried a few saddles over the last 12 months. I've had the Selle Italia Lady Gelflow, after measuring my sitbones heaps of times I tried the Specialized Jett. I read lots of good things and bought a Terry Butterfly Tri Gel. All of these saddles were either good up front, or good up the back, but none of them good for both and I wasn't happy to settle with any of them.

So, now I've really expanded my saddle collection and bought the Selle SMP Strike Stratos.
http://www.sellesmp.com/en/stratos.htm
It's not technically a womens saddle, though I got a couple of personal recommendations from women who were using it - at AU$305 (roughly US$240) I did think about it very carefully. My husband just shook his head when I said I'd bought it, but he's not too worried because if this one is no good, he'll happily ride it himself.

So... I've ridden it twice now - both only 32km rides, so not really long enough to make any long term decisions. I'll be doing a 100km ride on Saturday, this will definitely be a deciding ride for me. I've had a couple of tweaks for positioning, it seems to be sitting pretty for me for this weekend.

It seems perfect while riding in the drops or on the tri-bars, I can't even feel the nose of the saddle in the front. It will be the back when riding up on the hoods where I think I could possibly feel that the padding might be a bit lacking. When I'm sitting up my weight is nicely back on the widest part of the rear area, my sit bones are hitting the padded ridges just right.

What do you ladies think - if you feel a bit of discomfort on the back which you think is because of not enough padding, do you give it a bit of time - does a saddle need a bit of wearing in or your butt bones need a bit of toughening up? Or do you think that if it's not working straight up, it's a no-goer? How much time would you give a saddle before making a decision on it?

Does anyone have experience with this saddle?