Sitz Bones "parts"

[amy]

Flur- Yes, my seat has a cutout. I have a Serfas women's saddle.

Miranda- I'm actually sure the LBS would be totally helpful. I just never manage to get over there with my crazy work schedule. The guy who helped fit my bike was great. I liked him a lot. He spent about a few hours on the trainer with me, figuring out what would work. But he totally didn't think about the seat. When I was checking out, the woman behind the counter told them to put on the saddle I have now... "Trust me, you'll want it." I was a little sore at first but things seemed to adjust and then I was off my bike for a few months, and it has been a sore transition back on.

[lph]

oh, and next time someone at the lbs tried to tell you that "no-one" needs a saddle "that wide" just ignore them (I was going to write something a lot ruder but I figured I'd just offend the friendly bike store owners here on TE ). Next time you ride behind ANYBODY, check and see how much of their butt is actually resting on the saddle - only a fraction. The size of your hips on the outside really doesn't say much about the width of your sitbones on the inside, except on average I s'pose tall bigboned people have wider sitbones than short petite ones.

Good luck finding a saddle!