Quote Originally Posted by aeiea View Post
thanks all... ok...

--Not wearing gloves; are you recommending I do so? I figured the blister was a result of me perhaps not sitting correctly. Or holding on tight to pull me up a bit from the girly pain.

--My saddle is the default one that comes with the Bianchi Dama She. It seems very weirdly shaped, long and thin with a bulb-shape at the back end. (my friend actually said it looks like a torture device). It seems to not have a cut-out, but I don't know what that is. Do you have a picture of a saddle that has a cut-out?

--Yes, I think that's what the LBS guy said -- if I tilt the saddle, more pressure will go to my wrists (which I don't want since I am already showing minor signs of tendonitis from computer work), and I"ll slide forward. So then I was like, ok, let's keep the saddle as is.

I'll try to post a picture, though that might take some time. The bike is http://www.bianchiusa.com/09-bicycle...ix-triple.html and the saddle is a Selle Royal Dardo Lady, whatever that means.

omgggg I want to wear a female version of a jock cup, lolsad.
Your saddle does not have a cutout. It is an unusual shape for a woman's saddle.

I've always had my saddle slightly tipped down without sliding forward, but "slightly" is the important part.

Before you replace your saddle, try sliding it forward; you shouldn't make really big changes all at once, so make only like 1/2 inch changes with a ride inbetween.