Maybe you could use the Dolce for the next century and then try the "pretty" one again? For me persistence was worth it:
I have a Fiz'ik Poggio on mine and its gold and red (matches the frame, see?) and I hated it at first. In fact I hated it for several weeks. I persisted because it looked divine and I am not ashamed to say it! It was the first road saddle I had ridden so I didn't really know if it should hurt or not! The biggest difference came when I adjusted the tilt. It only took a few degrees to off-load the front "bits" and once I sussed out sitting my seat-bones on the soft part I was fine.
It did take a few 40 - 50 milers before it got better and now its Purrrfect. I did a century without padded shorts last year! For supreme comfort I love my Pearl Izumi shorts with the thicker pad at the seat-bones and the rim of padding that off-loads the front niceley too - SHweeet.
Love your bike BTW. I drooled and drooled.



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