Saddle Sore Help!

[ilima]

There is a version of the Aspide Glamour with a cut-out, the Arrowhead. There are actually two versions, one is wider in the back than the other.

A friend had the Tri version (padded nose) of the Aspide Glamour and it did not work for her.

Competitive Cyclist offers a deal where you can rent something like 10 of their most popular saddles to try out. Unfortunately, they are all men's saddles. We need a site that would do that with women's saddles!

[Beane]

There is a version of the Aspide Glamour with a cut-out, the Arrowhead. There are actually two versions, one is wider in the back than the other.

A friend had the Tri version (padded nose) of the Aspide Glamour and it did not work for her.

Competitive Cyclist offers a deal where you can rent something like 10 of their most popular saddles to try out. Unfortunately, they are all men's saddles. We need a site that would do that with women's saddles!

that would be so awesome. i wonder if TE could be convinced...

[ima_bleeder]

I was having exactly the same problem. Now I use a combo of the Lithia (130), the Shebeest short with the century stretch chamois, and 'homemade' chamois cream (à la Keith Bontrager). All three go together to literally save my hide, but I think the new saddle made the biggest difference.

I had to take pretty extreme measures because I'd so abruptly increased my saddle time, and couldn't take time off. But the big race is this weekend, and after that I'm looking forward to maybe going on some rides without the 'cream', and maybe with a thinner chamois. Can't wait!

[ima_bleeder]

I'd LOVE that, and would definitely take that option. It would be a great chance to try out some saddles that I can't find around here, and save me the potential hastle of trying to return a 'lightly used' saddle after trying it out.