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  1. #1
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    now you've given us a tiny bit more of information. you say your sit bones are set closer than normal. Have you measured them?
    how do you like to sit, more upright, or lower like a race position.
    Do you need/want a channel down the middle?
    I love my Brooks saddle, they come in several widths.

    there, that will get some responses.
    Honestly, the bottom line is that no two people like the same exact thing. My fantastic saddle is soemthing the next person will hate.
    Go back to your LBS. tell them YOU HATE this saddle. I bet they'll find another for you.
    Don't let some callow salesperson intimidate you. And if they're that bad, take some extra time to travel to wherever there IS another LBS. (and let them know you're taking your business elsewhere)
    Last edited by Biciclista; 12-02-2008 at 06:47 AM.
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    I've posted this before - but what worked for me is when I measured my sitbones, I did so by sitting on a piece of paper on top of my Pilates mat, on top of a concrete step, with my pelvis approximating my riding position. Then I took a felt-tip pen and outlined the indentations on the piece of paper.

    I had a pretty good idea of what saddle I wanted just from reading the threads here, but before I bought it, I brought my butt-print to the LBS and laid it on top of the saddle. So I could see whether it was going to support my sitbones, or whether it curved away from me in a way that wasn't going to work. A portable, flexible butt-print plus the hard chair cut-out test goes a long way, IMO.
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