Saddle Sores - Sorry maybe TMI

[seeker]

Ok, I've been looking at saddles all over the internet. I cannot find anything 7 1/4 to 8 inches wide. I looked at Brooks saddles and they don't have cutouts. Specialized has some nice saddles but I can't really tell how wide the cutouts are from the pics. I've looked at Terry Saddles too. I don't mind spending over $100.00. I'll pay what it takes to be comfortable.
Any suggestions?

[Trek420]

What saddles does your LBS carry? If few is there another shop?

My LBS has a 30 day no questions asked (well, he will ask questions) warranty. I could walk in, say my current saddle is bleh and try another one. And if I don't love that try another .... fortunately I've always liked the ones he installed.

It's one thing to look online but another to sit on the thing.

[sundial]

Besides the Brooks saddle, I came up with this.

[OakLeaf]

Specialized has some nice saddles but I can't really tell how wide the cutouts are from the pics.

Measurements from my 155 mm Lithia. Don't know if the cutout is the same on their other saddles. HTH.

[sundial]

Knot, I first thought of Koobi but figured it wasn't available in the size you wanted. One of our competitive cyclists swears by Koobi.

I've had good results with Specialized but the largest width is 155 mm. Many are touting the Toupe as one of the great saddles Specialized offers. Specialized saddles are basically flat and I've had no issues with pain on the inside of my sit bones, much less the girly parts. Terry saddles seem to taper too quickly and I always had sit bone pain.

[seeker]

Thanks for the link Thorn. I did read through that thread and it seems there were quite a few opinions.
And then the Koobi owners swear by the Koobi's. In comparing the Selle and the Koobi, it looks like the Selle has a wider cutout. Would you say that's an accurate assessment? I am not a visual person so it's kind of hard for me to tell by the pictures.

I've only found the Selle at Masherz and the main Selle site. So I'm guessing I would need to order from Masherz. Decisions, decisions.

[Thorn]

The Selle SMP line probably does have the largest cutout around (although there is the ?Arione? that someone pointed in another thread with a nice cutout). But the Koobi and Selle SMP are very different saddles with very different shapes. The Selle SMP Lady Strike is wider in the back than any of the Koobis.

Except for its cutout (which looks very interesting to me, but, alas the rear is too narrow for me...sigh), the Koobi is a more traditionally shaped saddle. That is, relatively flat nose to tip and side to side. All saddles vary in their curvatures, but the Selle SMP really stretches the limits of curvature rear to nose.