another saddle Q: Selle Italia SLK

[Skierchickie]

I'm in Ann Arbor right now, 500 miles from home. We spent the day driving around to bike shops, and one had Specialized stuff (and I now have what ought to be an accurate sit bone measurement of 130mm (they recommended the 143mm saddle) - gee - I could have used a gel mouse pad! Or, as DH just said, a bowl of Jello.

I saw the Ruby SL Gel saddle, and I'm in love. Unrequited love at this point, but my b-day is coming up in a couple of weeks, and DH almost never tells me no.
Hard to justify 145 smackers, though. If I buy it, it could show up here and/or Ebay. Anyway, it is just beeoooootiful! I love the white one, but after my brief experience with the silver Terry Zero X, I think it wouldn't be all that white for long (one breezy, dusty ride and the sides were brown). All I know is, I've been wishing the Vitesse HP were flatter than it is in the rear, and baby, this thing is pancake flat. And looks nice and narrow up front (although I forgot to measure it ). Nice and long, nice and narrow, nice and flat, and nice front to rear profile. It has the cutout, which didn't seem that wonderful in my Terry experiences, but I don't think it was a problem. It looks like it would be nice and hard, too, but the WTB Silverado I tried looked that way, too, but the only thing that kept that one from being perfect was the front to rear profile (too gradual = chafed at the leg attachment points).

Well, I have to think about this. They didn't have the 143 in stock anyway, just the 155, so I guess I'd have to order it. I was going to get an Aspide Glamour on Ebay, hopefully for way cheaper, but this thing has just got my head spinning. I did see an Aspide Glamour Gel-around something or other ($135), which looked nice, but not as nice, and I'd just get the regular, non-cutout one.

Xrayted: Which 155mm SSM saddle did you get?