I agree with you on the part about WSD saddles being too wide for some of us. I did borrow one of my hubby's saddles and have discovered that I can sit more on my sit bones which has helped tremendously. I recently ordered a new version of his saddle I borrowed so I can break it in for my own body...which I know will not always be fun to break in. I am trying to figure out how to alleviate that last 10-15 percent remaining crotch soreness. I don't like my saddle tipped down either...ouch on the wrists!

I did order some new shorts with better chamois which will soon arrive and I am going to keep trying the chamois creme, but it so frustrating to still have that tiny amount of pain. I also agree with Emily that the more you ride, the better it gets. I wouldn't have said that before when I had a too big road bike, but now that I am starting to get more dialed in, I notice it's hard to sit on the bike if you skip riding on an occaisional day. Also, I agree that you have to have a good fit..I think I am about 90 percent there with my new road bike.

Also, thanks to Annie for the reminder about the fore/aft...I haven't experimented much with that yet on this new bike, but was on my list of to-do's (actually my hubby's honey-do list...LOL).

I always thought I was the only one with the crotch pain thing until I started asking around. One of my pet peeves is when bike shop boys or racer boys or anyone else really starts to talk about our girl butts needing toughing or how we need to ride on wider saddles due to our big, wide pelvises. Some people just don't get it that it's not always about the butt and some gals don't have wide pelvises. I feel like saying, "Duhhhh!" But, at least we can educate these people on women's special needs as cyclists.

I appreciate all of the feedback, suggestions and sharing of experiences very much here, so thank you!

Thanks,

Lisa