saddles with cut out

[emily_in_nc]

I can only ride saddles with cutouts, but that said, some are much more comfy than others. The cutout on the Terry Damselfly is very thin and narrow and pinched and rubbed my girly bits raw, while the diamond-shape cutout on my Selle San Marco Atola is completely unnoticeable to me - perfect. Anytime I have tried a saddle without a cutout (Bontrager, WTB, recently, and many more back in the old, pre-cutout days), I've been rubbed raw in the girlybits, so I don't do that anymore.

We're all shaped differently, though, so most of us do go through a few saddles before finding "the one".

Good luck!
Emily

[CyclChyk]

For me, after 3-4 saddle changes, I finally found THE ONE - and its a cut out.
I use the Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow and LOVE IT! Solid seats bother me. So...... my point?? You just gotta experiment.

I have found alot of Bike Shops will let you change out seats after a week or so. Some do it at purchase price, some charge a small re-stocking fee. I would suggest looking into it. You gotta feel it to know. (Does that make sense??)

[Cari]

Some suggestions:

Since saddle comfort is such a personal thing, you should try as many as you can. I also think that you should ride a saddle more than once before you discard it, unless of course it truly harms you on your first ride.

See if you can borrow a friend's for a week or so. Try swapping with others who have saddles they don't like. Your local bike shop might also have some used saddles that you can try. They might also have take-offs you can buy at a discount -- these are saddles that came with a built bike, but which the buyer asked to have swapped out for another saddle. Buy one used. If you love it, you can always get a brand new one. Terry has a 30-day return policy and I'm pretty sure they make non-cutout saddles. WTB makes a sampler kit of their saddles (they're black & bright yellow so they're easily identified) so that shops can lend them out.

Good luck,

Cari