sensitive women's issue

[emily_in_nc]

I had this same vulval irritation/rawness until I changed to a saddle with a cutout several years ago. I would recommend that if you haven't already tried it. There are plenty on the market now that are not too spendy. I love the Terry Butterfly but just got a Performance women's contour for my mountain bike for much less and like it a lot. Here's the link - it's half price right now!

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/...tegory_ID=5211

Good luck!
Emily

[RoadRaven]

A woman specific seat is brilliant... talk to a woman in your LBS because their are several different styles of woman-specific seats based on our pelvis shapes (which come in several types).
Then make sure angle and position are right (get fitted if you are not sure) and then ride. Hopefully without the discomfort...

LOL... the gap in my seat is marketed as a "love channel" ... someone out there has a sense of humour, I'm sure!

[Asphaltgirl]

I'm on my 5th seat in 2 months-it finally came down to the Terry butterfly gelissimo. The staff at TE was wonderful and recommended a couple of different seats to try out and (thank you Susan!) their recommendations were right on. I also adjusted my seat more forward and raised the handlebars a bit higher so that I wasn't reaching so far. (riding a road bike)
The seat certainly helped but the riding position definately needed to be a tad more upright to get me off the "delicate" area. Still a bit uncomfortable but a heck of a lot better than before. Good luck!
~~AG~~

[Biking Chick]

After having gone through a number of saddles before discovering that for me the perfect way to pedal by *** around town is from a San Marco Atola. When DH ordered our 7500 FX earlier this year he ordered an Atola along with the bike.

The Atola has the :::doing my best Barry White imitation::: luv channel (what copywriter thought THAT up??) but apparently it works for me.

Good luck finding a new saddle - hope you'll let us know what you find works for you.

[betagirl]

I have the terry butterfly, which I got this year to replace my terry women's liberator gel seat. Both have cut outs in the middle, which definitely helps. The butterfly is a bit harder than the liberator. I just did a century on the butterfly and my a$$ hurt, but that I think is part of sitting on a saddle for 7 hours. But the female bits were ok. The I did 2 ragbrai's on the liberator gel and had no issues. I also use Butt'R, which they sell on this site whenever I do a long ride. It really saves the bits from chaffing, etc.

Hope you find some relief!