Hello. I am new to the board. I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice.....I too have been on the seemingly-never-ending quest for a saddle. Looked at photos of the Selle San Marco Aspide Glamour K from someone's recommendation (Kermit I think?) and am considering ordering it...but what are those little stitched circle logo things on the seat? They look like you'd feel them. Do you feel them? I imagine they might not be felt under the padding of your shorts, but I'm paranoid about stuff you might feel.

To try different ones, do you just order a bunch from a catalog, try them, and send back what you don't like? One of the shops near me won't even let me put one on my bike and ride it around outside the store. Lame-o. I Can't see spending a small fortune and accumulating a stash of saddles that you don't like.

I guess my seat specs, from what I know now, are:
155mm
No sure about preference for short or Long nose yet...maybe long?
Prefer pear shaped
Don't like too much padding (not squishy) but not super hard either
Narrow nose
I think I like cut outs so far...only tried one.
No preference for look -- just not one with a little pink jumping lady on it like the Terry a guy at my lbs showed me. I mean, come on!!! Enough with the pastels already. Do they have to be on my bike saddle too?

I'm just starting to do some longer rides and after about 30 miles I really start to get squirmy. My bike came with a stock saddle...I think it's a Velo...it measures 150 mm at the widest part. The nose is too squishy foamy and pretty awful, and my sit bones are outside the edges. I'm doing a week long tour in Glacier Nat'l Park in a few weeks and I need to be able to do 90 miles on my saddle so I'm concerned about what I have.

I'm currently trying out a Specialized Sonoma from the other lbs and the 155mm width is ok, but I think the T-shape is what I don't like. It rubs too much just at the top of my thighs and I find myself sitting more forward on the saddle to relieve that, kind of defeating the purpose of having the width for my sit-bones. I can see it getting worse on a longer ride.

If anyone could give any advice in speeding up my search I'd sure appreciate it.