Finding the right saddle...

[dianne_1234]

You're right Oak, 160 is off the charts. Well, off these charts anyway.

From a post I made anticipating just this circumstance:

Ischial Tuberosity Spacing stats

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Found this in my old uni notes and wanted to post it here for easy reference:

Ischial Tuberosity Spacing among women:
5th percentile 112 mm
50th percentile 130 mm
95th percentile 148 mm

Ischial Tuberosity Spacing among men:
5th percentile 100 mm
50th percentile 118 mm
95th percentile 137 mm

I don't remember the population this data was taken from, but I remember being under the impression that it was a very large number of individuals and it was considered "safe" to assume it might represent the whole world.

I've used this info to help narrow the search - once I learned I was wider the 95th percentile(!) I stopped bothering with a lot of narrow saddles.

From http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...t=21451&page=3

[BalaRoja]

Hi Oakleaf & Dianne - Those are some interesting stats. I suppose I would hope to be in the 99% (give or take a percentage point or two) of something a bit more impressive than, um....sit bones but what the heck

[KnottedYet]

Hi Oakleaf & Dianne - Those are some interesting stats. I suppose I would hope to be in the 99% (give or take a percentage point or two) of something a bit more impressive than, um....sit bones but what the heck

Don't sweat it, there are several of us on TE in the 170-180mm zone! (we tend to ride Brooks B66, B67, B68 saddles)

I tend to measure women who come to me who are having trouble with saddles, and almost all of them are in the 150mm and up range. Which is *why* they were having trouble finding saddles!

[sarahspins]

Eeek.. I didn't realize I was in the above 99% zone myself.. I just knew I had a heck of a time finding a saddle that didn't totally kill the girly parts. The first midwife I ever saw said I was "built for having babies" and I really get what she meant after my first was born after a lightning fast labor with a 14.5" noggin (even my last one at 9lbs+ was born in only 2 hours total.. his head wasn't *quite* that big though)

A B68 was my next move after the Selle SMP if that hadn't worked for me.