how do you sit on your SMP glider (or other smp saddle)?

[djgafi]

actually to answer alpinerabbit, i took a couple of pics on the saddle and pointed out where approx my bones sit on the saddle.

the back view shows where the sit bones touch, which is on the outer part of the saddle, right before the lateral edge.
obviously are placed further up on the saddle than what they appear in the image.

the side/later view, shows approx where they are on the saddle...
green dot is the ischial bone.

looking at the back view image, are your sit bones touching the saddle approx in the same way, or closer to the center axis of the saddle?

[alpinerabbit]

Hi

I think there as far our as yours. Are you in pain because of the saddle - soft tissue pain that is? then it's bad. If your wrench thinks you're too far out, but you feel fine, why worry.

ps I was gonna say I'm about your height and my sitbones are wider than yours (I think) - I measured 140 once but maybe i got it wrong.

[djgafi]

mmmm

today i trained on the elite roller, and i felt pretty much ok...
but i did only 45 min...

on the road i get a slight discomfort on the ischial bones, sit bones i never even feel them...
and the soft front part gets a bit squashed, so i have to move a bit during the ride, maybe pedaling up for a few strokes... and at times they get numb.

before the guy saw me, my thought was that i had to get used to the bones being a bit sore and that i had to just ride more on it.I gave myself few more KM on it to see what happened. But i was still wondering if the glider was the saddle for me...

the issue of my sit bones being a bit too wide occurred only when the ergonomist pointed it out.. but i was also pedaling on a different saddle, flat but too narrow and which was not obviously the one for me.
his suggestion was that if my sit bones are touching more on a flat part of the saddle, i can get a better support from and distribute weight across it, hence pressing less on the ischial part, and ultimately improving my pedal stroke. With the glider being pretty much rounded in shape from a back-side view, his point was that it may not be a perfect fit for my posture-bone size.

i know, i should just carry on using it and eventually try the lite 209 or the ones he suggested just to verify if what he said is right.

in the end this is something so personal that only trial and error can really give the best answers.

hope i didn't confuse you too
:-)

[djgafi]

hi girls

just wanted to add on my SMP experience...

the manufacturer was so kind to send me some test saddles to try out.

after a couple of them, like the composit and the stratos, i landed on the Lite 209, which i found more comfortable than all the rest, and certinly of my Glider.

i feel my sitbones being more centered on the saddle and less on the border/edges, and the comfort overall was good. Also my girly bits weren't too squashed out.

In addition, i tried placing the saddle like Andrea suggested, with the nose tilted more upwards, and while on the Glider it was impossible to ride on it that way, on the Lite 209 it was good!!
I rode about 40k on it and it was a pretty pain-free ride.

I have yet to try the Avant, the wider saddle SMP has, but i think i'll end up with the Lite.

Anyway, thank you girls for your precious suggestions.

ps. prior to testing the Lite 209, i also wanted to test other brands-models... One was the Selle Italia SLR GelFlow, which was a bit too narrow and the central hole was too small, and the Fizik Antares, which being hole-free was a real pain to get adjusted to.
I think overall SMP is a good saddle for us women, it just takes some time to find out the right width.

Hope this helps for future riders interested in these saddles