Sitz bones 'on the fence'...

[Miranda]

Doesn't that sound painful? Sitz bones on a fence rail? lol...

My ride feels like I've been straddling a fence so I'm trying to find a new saddle. I have read lots of posts on here that were helpful. My choices are narrowed down to 3 to try...

1) Specialized Ruby
2) Bontrager Inform BioFit
3) Selle An-atomical

On the Specialized measurement system my sitz bones are 140mm. On the Specialized chart, for semi-aero that would be a 155mm. For aero that would be a 143. But... I ride both positions?

My road bike is a Giant OCR1. The lbs guy put some cushy WTB mtb saddle on it when I bought it. Makes things bleed past 20-something miles.

The Bontrager seat measurement tool I'm between the green and blue line. Yep, you guessed, one is the wider 150-ish to 160, or the 140-ish (can't remember exact #s).

The LBS folks are telling me to go with the skinner saddle in either. That is part of the problem with the nasty saddle I have now I finally figured out on my own with the help of TE. My soft tissue rides the saddle, not my sitz bones.

I like the design of the Selle an-atomic, and it's a wide T. I rode a pear shaped cut out in spin class and hated it. Rubbed the inner tighs at the nose. Due to that, I discarded the idea of Terry saddles as I read they are more pear-ish. From what I read here, the Selle people don't seem so willing to take returns? They just say "keep adjusting"? btw... I know TE has a 90day return policy, but to get the color I want, I would order it from them directly (for the $ might as well look nice too).

I know a saddle too wide can be a problem as well... but it just seems too narrow is only going to be exactly the problem I already have?

Any advice for being "on the fence"?

Thanks!
Miranda

p.s. I wasn't sure if this should fit in most loved or hated saddles, so I just opted for here on general.