My centre sitbones are about 110 mm's. But should one take the centre as a fact or also the outside measures. Never found a answer on that one though even from lbs's.
The similarity between walking and cycling (long distance or being active for long hours a day) is that the longer you walk (and ride a racingbicycle) than the more support you need for both.
The key q'n maybe what is being considered long ... For me a short ride is anything less than approx. 50 miles and a long ride is approx. 100 miles and more. If someone else disagrees in what is short/long than obviously than there is also the difference in what kind of saddle one is using and what is perfect and what not.
Anyway it's not wrong it's just a difference in how each sees what.
As for how wide sitbones are is for me not the #1 choice in buying a saddle as for me other items are more important like:
- How long is your ride
- How many hours does one spend in the saddle
- What is the riding style
etc etc and than there is the choice in how wide a saddle should be.
It should never be the #1 choice on choosing a saddle, but than again that's me how i look at things. This however does not automatically result in finding the perfect saddle the first time, but one can eliminate a lot.
Yes, saddles are trail and error and very personal, but by working your way thru a list of (something like the list above) one can save yourself a lot of trouble and effort in working with saddles that have a small change in being perfect (exceptions are however always possible).
Further more i find reviews helpful although it requires a bit of careful reading thru the lines in what people actually are saying and see things as a guide line than they can be helpful otherwise one could end up with a pile of near new saddles as few saddles can be tested thru lbs's. Also it's important to know if a man is giving the review or a woman.
This post is not to prove i'm right and others are wrong it's just a sharing in experiences and i hope this is the way how we look/read things and that we are able to help each other so we don't have to invent the wheel over and over with all costs and negative experiences included.
With each other for each other.
Keep on cycling![]()



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