I'm so excited about this thread. It occured to me that my first ever saddle sores are not the new shorts, but the saddle. I didn't want to get into the saddle search nightmare but I really should have done that instead of buying and trying shorts. I do think the middle is maybe too wide for me too. Everyone is so different and likes a particular saddle but maybe we all (on this thread) have similiar tushes. I can't wait to see what some of you end up with.