Luv my Selle An-Atomica

[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!

[suzieqtwa]

I rode about 140 miles on it last week ,and each day I was surprised it didn't hurt my crotch. I was getting pressure ,but never chaffing. I also was trying to do what you said ( pelvis pulled in),my core muscles are the weakest part of me. My butt is staying in one place ,so I thought I would make some kind of indentation? Oh well ,maybe I'm riding the nose of the saddle. I tend to do that. I had to make the nose totally level. I guess I shouldn't complain if my poor crotch doesn't hurt. I have the saddle all the way back. Really not much difference between forward ,and aft on the Brooks.

[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.

[mimitabby]

are you talking about Wallbike? just call them on the phone!

[Andrea]

are you talking about Wallbike? just call them on the phone!

No, I was trying to email Tod at selle an-antomica. I ended up calling him and then ordering the Titanico LD model. I'm hoping it's not too wide, but it's what he told me to get.

[suzieqtwa]

Andrea.
Keep me posted. I think my sits bones are about 5 1/2 ,but not sure. I need to measure them. I'm going to do 75 miles(in a bike event) in 3 weeks on the Brooks...that will be the real test.

[nuthatch]

Gosh, I wish I could say that I love the An-Atomica I ordered a few months ago.

I've been riding it every day on my short commute to work and some weekend trail rides. No problems with girly bits. It's my sit bones that are killing me. I've adjusted the tension both ways -- too slack and the sides flare out and puts too much pressure on my thighs -- but any tighter and the skin over my sit bones actually gets abraded and the underlying tissue and bone feels bruised.

This isn't an issue of getting my sit bones used to a leather saddle. I've been riding a Brooks pro every day for over a year. I think it's maybe just a bad match for my anatomy. I was never totally happy with either of my Brooks saddles either -- never experienced the "disappears beneath me" sensation. If I didn't ride the Brooks for a few days, I was back to ouch-ville on my sit bones, like I'd lost conditioning. I'm wondering if I need an extra thick chamois in that area. If I throw a piece of fleece over the saddle, I don't have the same amount of discomfort but I haven't tried this on a long ride.