When I was new - I needed someone to tell me that a saddle didn't have to be a torture advice. Lots of people (women in particular) give up cycling because 'the seat hurts too much' and that shouldn't be the case. It's particularly true of women who ride with men because it's really not something many guys can really understand.

Thank goodness for TE - I learned a wealth of info about choosing the right saddle and the difference between sit bone soreness and soft-tissue pain or nerve numbness! It was also very helpful to understand that body shape has nothing to do with proper saddle shape. Being a pear with a big butt, I assumed that I needed a big saddle. I was dead wrong. Turns out I have narrow sit bones and those wide saddles were torture! Thanks to TE, I was able to figure this out before I gave up on cycling (not that that was a real danger for me, but it is for many women and men).