Luv my Selle An-Atomica

[mimitabby]

It is not as wide as the B67 saddle for sure, so if you have wide hipbones i'm not sure it would work.
When Raleighdon gets his new bike, I might borrow one of these saddles just to see...because then he'll own two.

[SadieKate]

Hey, Mimi, how do you sit on your hip bones? You using the Superman position these days for speed?

It's really the width of your ischial tuberosities that matter. I like wide flat saddles with long narrow noses. The Selle has those.

Beware that the thing is a boat anchor at 470 gms.

[mimitabby]

not sure what you mean, Sadie, the ischial tuberosities, i guess i am sitting on,
like i did when i was riding horses.

and For everyone's information, Selle just means Saddles in Italian~
sella is singular.

[nuthatch]

I was wondering why so many companies called themselves "Selle"!

Thanks for the info. This saddle definitely sounds like it would be an improvement for me - my ischial tuberosities AND my pubic symphysis, which shouldn't be bearing weight but is right now on my Brooks (that white paper at their website was quite an education!).

[mimitabby]

(that white paper at their website was quite an education!).

what white paper?

[nuthatch]

White paper

And check this one out - a movie!

[SadieKate]

. . . so if you have wide hipbones i'm not sure it would work.

I think of my hip bones as those wanna-be protrusions just below my waist on the front of me and to the side, as in 'Simon says, "place your hands on your hips." I rarely sit on on them nor the hip socket portion of the pelvis.

[mimitabby]

I think of my hip bones as those wanna-be protrusions just below my waist on the front of me and to the side, as in 'Simon says, "place your hands on your hips." I rarely sit on on them nor the hip socket portion of the pelvis.

SIT BONES!! DUH!! sorry. I meant sitting bones, ischial tuberosities, not the hip handle bones up there!!

[beth63111]

That movie is explicitly illustrative! LOL

[Andrea]

I emailed the selle an-atomica people about which one I should try out. I'm on saddle #5 right now since I got my bike back in July, and I'm still having issues with groin cysts and other miscomforts

[suzieqtwa]

Andrea
Let me know what they say , if my Brooks doesnt work out I may try that one. I am concerned about the cut out as it looks like it has a painful edge.
I love the way the Brooks feels ,but Im wondering why I can make a indentation (maybe the saddle is to narrow for me???

[KnottedYet]

One of the things I really like about my Brooks B67 is that it "flexes independently on each half" like the An-Atomica proudly proclaims.

Something to be said for springs, eh? Yeah, sure, the racer-boys sneer at our sprung saddles, but we don't have eh-ehm *functional* issues later in the evening.

SuzieQ- why do you think the Brooks isn't working out? You love the way it feels.... so it's good! Just cuz you don't see indentations doesn't mean anything. Indentations are not the holy grail. Comfort is!

[Andrea]

Andrea
Let me know what they say , if my Brooks doesnt work out I may try that one. I am concerned about the cut out as it looks like it has a painful edge.
I love the way the Brooks feels ,but Im wondering why I can make a indentation (maybe the saddle is to narrow for me???

I got an email back asking for my height & weight, and since then, every time I try to respond, my response keep getting returned because "the mailbox is unavailable."
I'm gonna try one more time, then I'm just going to call and talk to someone.