Saddles: Break-In Period?

[Andrea]

Your sitbones have somewhat of a break in period, so you can expect some of the pain (maybe all) to go away as you ride more.

This being said, I put in some 600-700 mile months over the winter, then switched to a specialized jett saddle, which has a fair amount of padding, and (in conjuction with bad chafing) my sitbones were SCREAMING at me after just 30 miles. I switched to a San Marco that's on my bike now, which has less padding, and I've had no sitbone pain at all.

My point is, you'll break in some, but if the saddle's not right, you may still have some soreness.

[Ana]

Are you riding a San Marco Aspide? Are you still liking it?

I haven't been on a ride in a few weeks...so I'll keep at it for a while. Saddle hunting is toooo expensive for me So I'll probably ride mine until I have some savings or it dies...

Right now I'm on the search for nice shorts that I like :P

[Andrea]

I still like it, though I did some climbing yesterday and the prolonged sitting was causing some numbness. I may end up trying the cutout version sometime in the future.

[Beane]

Andrea- I'm about to give up on my cutout aspide glamour, so let me know if you're interested.

I'm starting to think that the issue is with my posture/positioning and not the saddle(s). The best for me has been the specialized jett, but that was on a different bike, so maybe my position/posture was different. i think i may try the jett in a wider size and see...

The saddle shopping has gotten to the point of the ridiculous, but I really would like to be comfortable while riding!

[Andrea]

Beane-

I'd be interested if you're getting rid of it. Let me know! The non-cutout has been better than others I've tried, but not always perfect