ok.... so i got the new ruby about a month and a half ago.... it has a specialized jett saddle... (looks pretty on the bike )

i hadn't been riding very much for a couple of weeks before getting her... although the time on the bike picked up some... not nearly the amount of time i had been spending on the bike throughout the summer and fall...

sooooo when i was first having saddle pain... i assumed it was cuz i hadn't been riding much....

i haven't been putting on a lot of miles.. but did a couple 40 milers.. and last weekend my first metric on ruby.... my butt was irritated.. (however on the dolce a metric would have been "nothing" to my butt).... i rode sunday... a very SHORT ride wednesday.. then my first century since october was yesterday....

i was miserable from the beginning! a lot of times on rides around home... i'll be uncomfortable when i start out (even with the jett) but it would ease off to a point as i rode more)... well yesterday i was miserable from the first mile (even told hubby i was turning around at rest stop 1! bad start! lol!)

i continued... and my butt got more sore... and more sore! usually after a century.. even if when my butt is sore that day... the next day i can still ride... well today i can barely sit in a chair.. much less on a bike!

so do i need to admit the jett isn't working? or is my butt out of shape (i only put 592 miles on the ruby/bike in december and 170 in january prior to the century.. so now 270 miles for january! plus over 8200 miles on the bike total for 2005))

i want to give the saddle a fair shake... heck.. it looks nice on the bike! lol! but if i can't ride... and it's not an adjustment phase.. it needs to go and go quickly! but i sure hate to put a dolce seat on it... (i NEVER had issues with the dolce seat! )

suggestions? comments? recommendation??????