Quote Originally Posted by captenaj View Post
Thanks Lisa. But it's my sit bones that are killing me. Actually, with my hands in the drops it felt only marginally better. My girl parts aren't hurting though. The cutout in the seat is great for that.

I'll check out the rest of the forums to see what others were saying. I was just hoping some one would say that this is common and every seat has to be broken in.
Oh!- that's different then! If it's your sitbones that are sore- and you just started riding a different type of bike and a new saddle?- I'd say your sitbones will feel way better after another few rides. Sitbones tend to adapt to new saddles, unlike soft parts.
When I got my first Brooks leather saddle and new road bike (previously rode a borrowed hybrid with padded saddle) I thought I would die for the first few short 10 mile rides, my sitbones were SO sore! After a few more rides it got better, then they only got sore on longer (30+ mile) rides. Now I can do 50 miles on my Brooks with no soreness at all.
Sounds like you started right off on your new saddle with long rides- no wonder you are sore. Give it 2 or 3 weeks of riding to evaluate the saddle, with a day of rest between rides perhaps. I think you will find your sitbones will stop hurting after a while.
If your soft front tissues hurt, it's a whole 'nother story. Then I wouldn't give it 2 or 3 weeks! You are lucky it doesn't hurt there, and that shows that this saddle might work out well for you if your girly bits are ok!