Selle Anatomica Review -- not for me!

[redrhodie]

It hits me in the right places -- and it was fine for those first 2000 miles. I think it's broken *down* instead of broken in, especially given the nature of the ouch... tho' I'm also thinking I should get an egg crate thingy for my mattress and do some core exercises...

Is yours the traditonal leather? On their website, it says the traditional leather model is "NOT the best saddle material choice for regular weekly use in hot or wet climates."

I have the watershed ones, and I've had them for 2 years, ride about 100 miles a week year round, and they definitely have thousands of miles of life left.

[Biciclista]

my husband has untold thousands of miles on his and it's going great. having said that,
my coworker has one of these saddles; he uses vasoline on his butt, which seems to have affected the leather, which stretched badly after just a few hundred miles~!

[SpinSpinSugar]

I love love love my Selle Anatomica Titanico and am of the opinion that those folks having issues with them are due to the saddle not being adjusted properly. Tom at Selle-Anatomica is very helpful and concise when offering suggestions if you email him and tell him exactly where it hurts and what kind of hurt - ie. bruising/chafing/etc.

Also according to the directions, to obtain a wider seating (sitbone) area, you must loosen the tension. Also try lowering your seat a little bit to get more weight onto your pedals and off your butt.

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