Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
If you know you ride on your pubic rami more than on your ischial tuberosities, you probably want to look at something with a very wide and padded nose and a very gradual transition from "sit" to nose. The rami are sharp and thin, while the tuberosities are thick and blunt and heavily built up. The width at the back won't really matter because with that much anterior pelvic tilt your hip joint simply can't extend that far anyway and I just can't see the hamstring getting into trouble.

There is a very good split-nose saddle that I've suggested to a few of my clients who ride aero: http://www.bikewagon.com/ISM-Adamo-C...-p8176886.html They seem to like it. It is a little wider than what you are considering, but it is certainly designed more for rami than ischial tuberosities.

Don't forget a woman's pubic rami are at a different angle than a man's (theirs angle backwards more than ours) so you may need to monkey around with shape and nose width quite a bit before you find perfection, so don't give up!
thank you for the suggestion... Adamo saddles have been suggested before and I always thought it looked like it just wouldn't work.... way too wide in the nose, for one thing. That said & considering what I've been using isn't working, I'm re-considering my objections & thinking about giving it a try (she says cautiously... I keep reading that it can be hard to dial in & unfortunately $'s tight these days... though it is hard to put a price tag on not being hurt on the bike and being able to just focus solely on performance instead of squirming around all the time)

I am curious why you suggested the Century as it's fairly wide at 145mm. I've been to ISM's website and of course am drooling over the lighter versions (Breakaway & Peloton). Even the Road is only 135mm wide.

You mention that it's designed more for rami, yet all the info I've found says just the opposite... that it puts you directly on your ischial tuberosities! In fact, that's supposed to be the hardest thing to get used to.

I've also read that a lot of people pull the sides in to narrow it. I'm only 5'1" and have the additional misfortune of being ummmm... "amply padded" up front, which certainly doesn't help.

Should I also be looking into tri saddles in general? I've always thought a wide nose would drive me crazy.

Thank you so much for your input. It's really appreciated.

namaste,
vness