Thankyou for the continued input. I stopped by two LBS today and looked at saddles. They were a bit surprized that I wanted a saddle with minimal padding. They are so used to people that want lots of padding the owner did not know what to think.

I do not know what my current shop will have or be able to order for me. The specialized shop wants a purchase, try it and if it does not work to bring everything back so they can resell the saddle. To me that sounds like a "pain in the butt" no pun inteneded.

The Trek dealer had a few Bontrager saddles, I think the race lites that had minimal padding and the channel/cutout combonation.

When I was measured at the specialized store they had me at 135mm and if I was sitting upright it would go to 155mm for sitbone width. This is according to their chart. Would it be ok to just stay at the 135mm and not go to the 155mm for seats?

Or is this going to be a whole lot of trial and error here? Is finding a saddle always such a big deal as this?

Has anyone ever used a Bontrager saddle?

In this small town, one shop has one product and another shop has something else. So I feel like I am putting one shop against another to find
what I want.

Thankyou for your input on this.

Red Rock/Ellen