Thank you all so much for responses.

I have asked a local LBS to check out the price for me if they got it in - then I will have to see if I will be committed to buying it if I don't like it...

OK. So Thorn, Running Mommy, Mariposa... love it. It is interesting that the consensus seems to be that the nose should be tilted up.

Thank you Thorn - when I can get pages to load (slow connection today) I will look at the Ally. Like you, I am utterly unconvinced as to Brooks comfort - particularly when I look at enduro and racing cyclists.

RM... it chafes when... after distances? After being in the aero position? And is the Evolution from Selle Italia too?

And Salsa, Diving Biker really don't like it... I wonder if this is to do with height or hip shape...?
I am 5'10" and have about average width hips (I had 5 children, the biggest being 10lb11oz, "naturally").

Anakiwa is deciding but sees potential... thank you for your first impressions If you get a longer ride in in the next month or so, can you post your impressions of that?

Thank you all again - I really appreciate your input

(I'm primarily Scots descent and it shows in my unwillingness to spend money!)

Teigyr has the men's version... is this narrower on the nose? (I can't get the pages to load today...)