ATTN: wide sitbone ladies...saddles wider than 160mm ????

[indri]

Specialized Sonoma 175 is working for me so far too. My sitbones just slide over the edge on a 155. I think even a 165mm, if I could find one, a tad firmer than the Sonoma but with the same cutout, and with a slightly narrower nose (and leather, without those stupid patches of fuzzy fabric that take a day to dry if you get caught in the rain...what's up with that crap?) would be perfect.

[crazycanuck]

K..I have an odd q..

If i lose a bit more weight from my behind section, will my sit bones shrink?

I don't think so but i just thought i'd ask a crazy q on a friday

[alpinerabbit]

Thorn - same with my SMP but I haven't minded so far, the rest of the deal is too good to worry about it. What's your most epic ride length done with the SMP?


CrazyC- you'll lose padding around the bum but your bones won't shrink.

[crazycanuck]

I thought that if i lost weight from the behind section I might be able to buy the saddle I want?

I still have no clue if the Selle Italia saddle i've ordered will be ok..

[Thorn]

Thorn - same with my SMP but I haven't minded so far, the rest of the deal is too good to worry about it. What's your most epic ride length done with the SMP?

A couple of 100-ish miles (160 km). The SMP is odd. Sometimes I find the sit-bone area intensely painful at around 16km and then I re-bond with it and things are fine. While I find myself not quite supported correctly in the sitbones, that massive cutout seems to take off some of the weight and compensate.

[Nokomis]

Specialized Sonoma 175 is working for me so far too. My sitbones just slide over the edge on a 155. I think even a 165mm, if I could find one, a tad firmer than the Sonoma but with the same cutout, and with a slightly narrower nose (and leather, without those stupid patches of fuzzy fabric that take a day to dry if you get caught in the rain...what's up with that crap?) would be perfect.

I completely agree with this. I went with the Mens version (I think?) because it had fewer weird seams in bad places. Totally forgot about that until I read your description.

Crazycanuck - sorry, the bones won't shrink. The padding will, and you'll feel everything even more. (Which is why I couldn't continue on my brooks, what with feeling the rivets back there.)