HELP!! Struggles with saddles...

[mayanorange]

If the lithia is bothering your sitbones I would not go to the Ruby or SSM Aspide- they're both very firm. I can't contribute another recommendation tho- the Lithia was fine for my tush, but the cutout was a nightmare. I have a Selle SMP TRK on order to try- I'm still searching too.

[Norse]

I am still in search of the just right saddle as well. I currently have a Selle San Marco Glamour Aspide Arrowhead on order. I need a cutout and the Arrowhead model has one.

On my bike now is the Specialized Jett 155, which replaced a Terry Race Liberator which was ok for the first 6 months of use but it apparently softened up and started giving me horrid chafing after the first 50 miles. I really want the Jett to work - it looks awesome on my bike! But, I have about 500 miles on it now and I get a bit of chafing past day 2 of a several day event ride AND, it just seems too darned hard on the sit bones after about mile 40. One of the guys I sometimes ride with has the male version of the Jett and he said he has sit bone issues with it as well. I am keeping my fingers crossed for the SSM. If that does not work, I may try the Selle An-Atomica.

[Grog]

I would also say that if you have sitbone pain you're headed in the right direction. It means that you are actually sitting on them. It is largely a matter of toughening them up. I don't know how much you had been riding previously, though. If you had been going for hours without sitbone pain on your previous bike/saddle, it's a different story. But it's normal to feel some discomfort at first if you are not accustomed to cycling long-distance...

Even my office chair gets uncomfortable after a few hours!

[postiechic]

nightmare. I have a Selle SMP TRK on order to try

I have 2 of these saddles. First I put the men's one on my road bike and found it to be the most comfy saddle I've tried. So after quite a few months I put the women's one on my hybrid. Thoroughly recommeded and didn't cost an arm and a leg.

[Rosie road]

Thanks for that recommendation. I think I will try one. Do you notice a big difference between the men's and women's?

I'm jealous of your location as I know you are just coming in to your good riding season and we are bundling up and racing the daylight to continue ours. I also just order the best headlights from DiNotte Lighting. Very expensive but super small, light and powerful. Small company and very customer friendly.

[postiechic]

Now that I'm used to riding on both the men's and the women's, I don't notice any difference. If I were to swap em around maybe I would. The reason I got the men's for the roadie is that the women's was wider than anything I've had before and I didn't think it would work on a road bike. Even the men's one is quite wide for a bloke's saddle. The reason I went for the women's one for the hybrid is that the extra width in the more upright postion is pretty ok - for me anyway. I like the large cutout and the way the nose angles downwards.

The seasons seem to come and go so fast for all of us. Before long I'll be reading about you guys in the northern hemisphere getting ready for summer again. Ahhh....summer......daylight savings......mmmm