Saddle Fit or ??

[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.

[rubysoho]

A friend of mine made me adjust the nose of the saddle up a bit more than what the lbs had adjusted for me. It was almost an immediate difference! So, I guess I learned not to trust my bike store as much. Lol. They are good guys, but they are human. Now I just had some knee pain but I will know in a few more rides if it is a fit thing or just strength.

[marni]

[QUOTE=rubysoho;577887]A friend of mine made me adjust the nose of the saddle up a bit more than what the lbs had adjusted for me. It was almost an immediate difference! So, I guess I learned not to trust my bike store as much. Lol. They are good guys, but they are human.

Plus they are guys and don't actually have any realistic knowledge of how the anatomy actually feels nor is there an equivalent way to describe it. Anatomically there is a difference, as is there a difference in the psychological and mental perceptions of pain, discomfort, pressure and location of same.I always take their bike fit as a jump off point and then tweak as necessary.

marni