Most of us in our signatures have a list of bikes with what saddles we use - and really, what you're going to find is that the mystical saddle you want to create that is okay for all women doesn't exist. Saddle fit is very personal, some prefer T shaped, some prefer pear shaped, some prefer a cut out, and definitely most of us prefer different widths. I can use almost any specialized saddle in a 155mm width, and can tolerate a 143 mm width. Without bike shorts, I'll ride a specialized ariel no problem. with bike shorts, it drives me nuts. The beginning of a bike season, I swap a specialized jett saddle on my road bikes - and within a month or so, I switch to the specialized ruby because I don't like padding. I've ridden like 300 miles in 5 days on the specialized ruby with only a reasonable amount of discomfort - bearable, but not terrible.
The type of bike shorts people are wearing varies for what saddles they like, wheter or not they're using body glide or chamois butter, or...
If you go to this section, it starts off with favorite saddles and most hated saddles. REad more and you'll find out more. Use the search function on this site - we've all spent however many years spouting what we find comfortable in a saddle on here, and regurgitating it for you 'cause you don't want to use the search is just gonna make people grumpyThat's meant in the nicest possible way, of course.
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That's meant in the nicest possible way, of course.
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