Selle SMP Strike TRK Lady Saddle

[RoadRaven]

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...)

[Running Mommy]

It chafes where the thigh meets the crotchal area after long rides- rides over 40-50 miles. But other than that it's comfy.
I don't notice it much now, but when I first put it on I remember noticing the width of the nose.
I have a couple of catalogs from Interbike with all the different models in them. If you would like me to send you one, just PM me your addy and I'll drop it in the mail.
It has measurements, so it might be helpful.

[RoadRaven]

Hey there folks

I am still considering this saddle - waiting for LBS to get a quote on importing it all the way to EnZed

Just BUMPing the thread and wondering what height /hip type people are cause I wonder if it has something to do with body shape.

If you don't want to post details but are willing to tell me, can you PM me?

Anakiwa - you been for many more miles on it? Any more thoughts?

Cheers, Rave

[Thorn]

Like all saddles, I'm sure it is has to do with pelvic structure, but also our distribution of padding (fat, muscle, and personal pieces).

My Details? 6' tall and the ischial tuberosities measure out at 5.5" (140mm). The nose is a little wide for me, but tolerable with my build. My family is classic pear-shaped when obese so I may be predisposed to support fat thighs. While I carry a bit too much weight at the waist, I have developed that cyclist leg so that may be why I can tolerate the SMP nose

I loaned the saddle to a woman who is very petite, but rides a wide saddle. She absolutely hated it.

[Running Mommy]

Rave-
Funny I was thinking about that the other day! I was thinking that I should have used a disclaimer that I'm a bit on the heavy side. So I would have more thigh "surface area" to rub on the saddle. I have huge stump legs anyway. Seriously, I'm built like an oak tree! Between my size 10 feet on my 5'1" frame, and my tree stump legs there is NO WAY I would blow over in a wind storm!
But as far as sit bone measurements? I've never measured??

[RoadRaven]

Thanks Thorn and RM... I'm still thinking and researching


Body shape/size certainly might come into play here too...
Whoa, too much thinking when I'm still on holiday!

[anakiwa]

Anakiwa - you been for many more miles on it? Any more thoughts?

Sorry but it's winter here (or at least it was until yesterday) and I'm cross-country skiing so it will be at least a few months before I try it again.

[RoadRaven]

I forget, Anakiwa... with our 30'C+ days here, I forget not everyone is able to get out on the road!

[Andrea]

I'd like to keep this thread alive because I'm considering one of these.

I've tried a selle an-atomica (wasn't happy with how much the leather stretched, already had it replaced once under warranty, now having the same problem with the new one), Brooks (even after breaking it in, was not comfortable up front), several Terrys, and other randoms, all to no avail!

I've got very wide seatbones and large inner thigh muscles that tend to get sore/bruised feeling from rubbing if a saddle is too tapered in the middle (as opposed to more T shaped like a Brooks). It poses a problem because most saddles that are wide in the back are wide in the middle as well. Any of you riding the SMP TRK have any of the same issues that I've had?

[Thorn]

Welcome to the potential love-hate relationship with the SMP. The Lady Strike is wide in the back (supports 140cm/5.5in sitbones without a complaint), but the nose is also wide.

Every now and then I keep searching the web trying to find someone who sells the Allay saddle in the wider widths (http://www.allaysaddles.com/line/sport.htm). On paper, it looks like the perfect saddle....well, on paper...errr...on the LCD screen.