New rider with very very VERY sore rear!

[emily_in_nc]

Just chiming in to say here-here (or is that hear-hear?!)

I rode metrics and full centuries on a Terry Butterfly with no more than mild saddle issues, but five miles into a test ride of a Trek 5200 WSD with Bontrager (no cutout) saddle a couple of summers ago, I was in agony!

Bontrager = Buttwhacker!

Good luck, and it WILL get better!

Emily

[Blueberry]

I just brought home a lovely Trek 520 a couple of weeks ago. I test rode one (it was sold, so I couldn't ride far) with the original saddle. I told them not to bother to put the saddle on my bike. OUCH! I have a butterfly on it now = happy butt.

And...it's a sweet bike! It was a perfect fit for me according to the fit kit I had done with zero changes in stem, etc. Down to the 1/2 cm. Sweet!

[tygab]

interesting, I have the stock bontrager on my pilot, and did all my riding on it this summer. At first I did get sore, but I honestly don't really notice it now even after several hours of riding. I have a very bony behind too... now I am wondering what a 'better' saddle would be like since the consensus here is it's awful.

[DarcyInOregon]

I ride a Trek Pilot 5.2 WSD, 2007. It is a split (cutout) saddle. The LBS told me the saddle design was stolen from the Terry Butterfly, that it is the Trek Bontrager version of the Terry Butterfly. I haven't had any problems on it, no sore rear or even a starting glimmer of any discomfort, but I haven't ridden it over 30 miles yet either. My hunch is I won't get a problem. I like the saddle.

[emily_in_nc]

I just brought home a lovely Trek 520 a couple of weeks ago. I test rode one (it was sold, so I couldn't ride far) with the original saddle. I told them not to bother to put the saddle on my bike. OUCH! I have a butterfly on it now = happy butt.

And...it's a sweet bike! It was a perfect fit for me according to the fit kit I had done with zero changes in stem, etc. Down to the 1/2 cm. Sweet!

Thread hijack in progress:

CA! You bought another bike! Is this to replace the ill-fated Bike Friday? I believe 520s are touring bikes, no? Are you still trying to make the Bike Friday work? Did you sell your Cannondale (I think that's what it was - the purple one that didn't fit)?? PM or email me!

/Thread hijack

~Emily

[NJBikeGal]

What's amazing about the saddle issue is often how quickly you can identify the WRONG saddle. I went in to my LBS recently to swap out a saddle that I had finally decided was no longer worth the pain. My poor friend at the shop had to switch out half a dozen saddles for me, one of which I sat on for less than 5 seconds and was off the bike and back in the shop! I finally settled on a Terry Firefly. I have been riding on it for about a month now and am very happy with it...amazing how the pain goes away when you have something that fits your butt! The only stock saddle I have kept on a bike is on my Fuji Tahoe mountain...for some reason, that saddle is great!

[Triskeliongirl]

Thread hijack in progress:

CA! You bought another bike! Is this to replace the ill-fated Bike Friday? I believe 520s are touring bikes, no? Are you still trying to make the Bike Friday work? Did you sell your Cannondale (I think that's what it was - the purple one that didn't fit)?? PM or email me!

/Thread hijack

~Emily

I have the same question. Please update us on the stauts of your bike friday, perhaps in a separate thread.