Saddle Fit or ??

[KnottedYet]

ok, so the thought is it might be chaffing? Even though it feels more like near the bone is hurting rather than the skin itself?

Yeah, because the tendons that attach to the ischial tuberosity are grinding into the saddle as the femur moves. The skin over them gets rubbed, too.

When I was riding on a Serfas Niva, I would feel like the skin was hot and the bone under was bruised.

You want to find a saddle that will support your ischial tuberosities, but also be out of the way of the tendons as you pedal.

If you can sit on the saddle just fine, but have problems at the butt-fold/inner thigh when you move, it could be the saddle just doesn't get out of your way soon enough.

[rubysoho]

Hmm... Ok. The saddle is already more T than pear-shaped.

[KnottedYet]

The million-dollar question: is it "T" shaped enough for YOU?

The other important question is is the saddle too soft or too padded for you, and is the nose too wide, and if there is a cut-out is the cut out the wrong shape for you or placed in the wrong spot, or is the frame too close to the edge, et cetera.

I'm tellin' ya, if someone comes up with a short test to determine all these things for each woman, she will become a hero and a millionaire!

[rubysoho]

The million-dollar question: is it "T" shaped enough for YOU?

lol! I know.

Do you think I might just be not self-supporting my pelvis enough? I definitely feel my pelvis rock forward to sit on the saddle more than I feel my sit bones.

[ny biker]

What kind of bike do you have, and what saddle are you currently using?

[rubysoho]

What kind of bike do you have, and what saddle are you currently using?

2008 Ruby Elite, stock saddle

[ny biker]

So is the saddle a Specialized Jett?

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/...4&menuItemId=0

Do you know the width, and the width of your sit bones?

Also, another thing to consider is the fore/aft position of the saddle. I'm currently using a Bontrager Affiity. It is pretty comfortable for me. However, I was having some pain on the right side (front edge of sit bone) that I think was due to leftover soreness from trying out a previous saddle that was too hard and also turned out to be slightly crooked. I recently tried moving the Affinity saddle forward by about .5 centimeter, which helped with the sit bone pain but instead caused soreness like you are describing.

So if you haven't already experimented with moving your saddle back a few millimeters, that would be another adjustment to try, just to make sure you're not sitting to far back on it.