Did you replace the saddle that came on your last bike

[boy in a kilt]

BiK, funny you should mention the Specialized saddle as a source of particular agony. I don't know which model you tried -- but it seems to be such a popular saddle. However, my bf has a Specialized Alias right now, and neither of us are wild about it. I will say that it's light years better than my first experiment after discarding the Bontrager that came on my road bike though -- the Terry Damselfly. Not the right saddle for me at all!

I think it was an earlier incarnation fo the Alias. I vaugely remember trying another saddle of that sort. Men's Liberator I think.

It may be that I tend to sit forward on my saddles so the sides of the cut-outs applied very focused pressure on my perineum.