Luv my Selle An-Atomica

[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.