Quote Originally Posted by nscrbug View Post
..are there any ladies here that ride on aerobars using the SSM Aspide Glamour? Is it comfortable without the padded nose?
That would be me! I don't do tris, but I do long rides - 24-hours, brevets, etc. I use aerobars like you - to give my hands a break and stretch out the back for a while. On one 24-hour race, i'm on the aerobars almost all night (closed course) and I've been fine with the Aspide Glamour. There are a few different versions floating around - ones with a cutout, ones with tiny little gel pockets under the sitbones, and ones with nothing. To be honest, I don't find much difference between the gel one and plain one. I do get numbness on 24-hour rides and got some on a tough 300k. I haven't had enough time with the cutout version to know if it will relieve the numbness - I've done one 24-hour race with it and a weeklong tour and didn't get numb.

There's also a tri version of the saddle with a thicker padded nose. Looks interesting to me, but I'm afraid it might be too bulky.