Saddle "Bruising"

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If I ride 60 to 80 miles over a weekend, by the second day the "soft tissue"....ok....the lips that sit on my seat are extremely tender. It is not an internal thing, it is an external thing. They almost feel like they are bruised. It lasts a couple of days, (as long as I don't ride again) then goes away. There are no physical signs of bruising, but this is the best term I could come up with to describe the sensation.

Pudendal nerve entrapment.

Saddle too narrow or too padded for you.

If you want to try a saddle for 6 months for free, try the Brooks B67 or B68 (not the "s" or short versions with short noses for skirt clearance) saddles from Wallingford Bicycle Parts. www.wallbike.com Many of us ride on the B67 and B68 saddles, as they accommodate wider sit bones and they are "T" shaped. 210mm wide, though the outer cm is taken up by the cantle plate and not really where you sit anyway. No padding. The leather softens a bit to your shape after about 100-200 miles, though I haven't found I needed to really break-in any of my Brooks saddles. They felt great from the start.