Quote Originally Posted by zencentury View Post
Sorry I can't help right now.
Let me get past the image of you sitting on playdough and get back to you.
What??? Doesn't everybody do this? Does sound kind of weird. Hope that image isn't burned into your brain for long!


But seriously, in my search of previous threads the question was asked several times how to measure your sit bone distance in order to figure out what width saddle you needed. Nobody (that I saw) answered the question other than a special foam pad at the LBS. So I researched online and found the playdough idea. Another idea was sitting on a plastic bag of flour. I opted for the playdough.....otherwise I'd never be able to eat another baked good for the rest of my life.

Indy, it's my actual sit bones that hurt...well the flesh over them. That why I've been wondering if the saddle is too narrow. Maybe my sit bones aren't centered on the pads but hitting more on the sides of the saddle. I'll have to really focus during my next ride. It's been raining all week so far. With my measurement being at 140mm and the saddle at 143mm it seems like that could be the issue. But who knows how accurate the measurement is... Maybe its just that my rear isn't toughened to the longer rides. I don't want to keep pouring money into saddles if it's just a matter of me getting toughened up. I priced the Jett's and they are $100. I don't want to put a wider (and heavier) saddle on the bike if I don't need to. Plus I like the looks of the smaller saddles.

Maybe I could buy a cheap wider saddle just to see if it feels better.