Rethinking my saddle

[SadieKate]

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.

1) It may not be the width but the shape. Standing at the back of the bike with the saddle at eye level and looking forward over the saddle, does the saddle look like this /\ or this -- ? Saddles that look like this /\ kill my sit bones and it has nothing to do with overall width of the saddle, it is the shape of the sitting area. /\ can make your sit bones slide and separate. Some folks do fine with that shape. Maybe the saddle is too wide and you're sit bones are inside the place on the saddle designed to be sat upon (what a tortured sentence, but you get my drift).

And who friggin' cares if the saddle is heavier if it is more comfortable? There are lots of saddles out there narrower than mine that weigh more.

And your sit bones do have to acclimate to longer rides. The fitter you get, the lighter you sit on the saddle also.

[Aggie_Ama]

I thought it was pretty clever to use play-doh. Although I almost spit my drink on my keyboard.

On another note, I think the saddle on your bike has a lot of people who didn't like it on the board.