Quote Originally Posted by pkq
Try Terry saddles. Georgena has a 30 day trial period on them. She'll measure them for you and make suggestions, if you ask. I liked the Damselfly so much, I bought two. The 2nd will go on a new bike soon.
thanks for the suggestion. I had a Terry Ti Race, but it was too padded for me. It seems all their saddles are pretty padded, but it'd be worth trying another model if my saddle du jour doesn't work out.

the saddle du jour is a selle italia flite gel flow. i'm going to take it for a 50 mile spin and see how it fares. if it feels okay after 50 miles, it should probably be okay, although i really consider a century the true test of a saddle at this point. it seems plenty of them can get me 50-70 miles and fall down around 80. don't have time for 80 today!