Quote Originally Posted by Andrea View Post
I just visited with the owner of my LBS and she said that she talked to the head sales guy from Selle Italia and asked if they'd heard of any of the research saying that a channel could be better for women than a cutout (personally, I haven't heard it, but I haven't really looked, either). She said that the guy got really defensive and proclaimed that large cutout saddles were their best sellers, so they didn't plan on changing! She tried to get the point across that she wasn't talking about what sells best, rather what may actually work better, but he wouldn't really listen at that point
The research on Trek's end about cut-outs making no difference was in-house. Which is a bummer, cuz it's proprietary and I can't get at it. I know the names of the researchers, but can't get the goods. Pooey. (I think one of the researchers was doing it as part of his PhD thesis, and I'm trying to do an end-run by contacting his university to get a copy of the thesis... we'll see how that goes.)

Wonder if I could get me and my sits-bones hired by Trek to work in their women's saddle division. (hey, I met a few big wigs at the seminar in San Fran, dontcha think they want cute lil' me working for them? Just don't let 'em know I'm really a cantankerous rabble-rouser! )