selle san marco vs. selle italia

[Miranda]

That is a really interesting comment on the curvature supporting the sitz bones. All along I have been looking for the flat saddle. To at least find my sitz bones are actually on it AT ALL. Until I figured that part out with the help of TE, duh... no wonder why I hurt... only my soft tissue rode the saddle, and not my bone structure. On the angled saddles... I just had a shop guy say that same thing to me. Hmmm, maybe it's destiny to consider.

I like the looks of the Flite Gel Flow. I think that shape would work. But, I think it might be too narrow. Actually, I took my SI brochure and wrote down all the mens saddles 140 or over. I think my sitz bones are about 140.

Waiting to see what Andrea post about her SI slr longer ride. Mine came, and I like it except for the cut out too. I'm going to ride some more when it quits raining. The slr is like a diva on a diet. Only the edges of the cut out seemed to get more squared off with less padding. I really want it to not hurt, it works better than the diva in many ways for me. The glutt bumping the hamstring on the down of the pedal stroke all went away with the slr being skinnier... but my sitz bones feel squarely planted. Actually, I think that's a first for me. Sooo... this cut out issue needs to resolve.

The SI slk I ordered ended up being out of stock and canceled. I re-ordered it elsewhere. Hope it works out to come soon to compare.

[kermit]

Thanks for the updates. I wound up sending the zero X back to Terry. Not at all like the one I had before, the cutout was narrower and it was UGLY. The new carbon thread looking leather cover, it sticks to you and you can't move on it. It was alot more padded than before and I started to have numbness issues. I just got in a Specialized lithia, I like the looks of it, not completely flat and the curves look like it will fit me. If not I was looking at the SI max flite, thats the one thats a little wider than the regular flite(130). The lady SLR you are all trying, is it flat and flexibe at the cutout or really raised padding? I like flat.