Selle SMP Strike TRK Lady Saddle

[RoadRaven]

OK… I have been trying for about 1/2hour to attach a pic from photoshop to this post, but everytime I try, it shuts TE down – some glitch at my end I can’t be bothered working out now… so here is a link to the picture of this saddle and if anyone else can insert this picture in this thread so people don’t have to go somewhere else to find it, I would be greatful.


http://www.masherz.com/images/produc...rikemanbig.jpg

Here’s my question…
I was wondering if anyone had had any experience with (or knows someone who has) this saddle.
(And I am posting under ”favourite saddles” because this is the first time I have actually considered and liked the look of a saddle…)

I really like the concord nose – though my partner thinks it looks like “something that has just wilted in the sun”. But when I look at it, I see something I can lean forward and down on, and not have to consider adjusting myself. I ride on my drops in road races on my EMC2, and have just taken two more spacers off the stem on my TT bike (Giant TCR) so I get even less “wind-shadow”.

Of course, when I lean that far forward and down, there is pressure on my (excuse me) clit unless I am mindful about position… I would like to just lean forward and not have to think about it… in time trials I do just that – my head is focused on performance, not on comfort, and as a result, 20km or so later of intense riding without moving I am occasionally feeling somewhat bruised on my “front end”.

If you have ridden on a saddle with this style of nose (even if its not this one from Selle Italia)… does it make the difference I think it will?



By the same token, I also really like the wide gap all the way down the centre… too often on longer rides, or in road races, I lose circulation in my (excuse me again ;p ) outer labia and I have permanent swelling in the soft tissue on the right/inner side of my groin – this swelling doesn’t hurt, but I am bothered that it might become more than a “cosmetic” (for want of a better word) problem…

My local LBSs don't have it in stock for me to look at let alone "test-drive", so at $US78 (+ shipping) , I really have to consider whether or not it is worth asking someone to get it in for me...