Help me troubleshoot my saddle?

[chryss]

OK, to write up how this issue played out: I ordered a Selle Italia Diva, after reading a lot of the threads here and guessing what type of saddle was most favoured by those who appear to be built similarly to me. I was debating between the Diva and the Lady models.

The SI Diva was immediately a huge improvement, but still to get to the point where I'm not being squished after about 90min riding took a bit of adjustment. In particular taking the nose down mm by mm makes quite a bit of difference. I'm *still* fiddling with front/back.

I've not yet reached the "I don't even feel the saddle after a while" state, but for the rides I do, it isn't bothering me (and for the first hour feels awesome).

[Catrin]

OK, to write up how this issue played out: I ordered a Selle Italia Diva, after reading a lot of the threads here and guessing what type of saddle was most favoured by those who appear to be built similarly to me. I was debating between the Diva and the Lady models.

The SI Diva was immediately a huge improvement, but still to get to the point where I'm not being squished after about 90min riding took a bit of adjustment. In particular taking the nose down mm by mm makes quite a bit of difference. I'm *still* fiddling with front/back.

I've not yet reached the "I don't even feel the saddle after a while" state, but for the rides I do, it isn't bothering me (and for the first hour feels awesome).

Sounds like you are getting there! It can be quite the journey to find the saddle our butts like! I tried the Diva last year but the cutout is too wide and too long for me. The Lady was just right

[chryss]

Yeah, I'm still trying to find out the limiting factor now. Earlier, it was pressure on the soft tissue -- very unpleasant -- and the Diva did away with that.

Right now, it's my sit bones that need frequent repositioning after 2.5h. But my impression right now is not that it is the insides specifically. I'm not convinced I don't simply need to ride more to harden my tush.

[Owlie]

I found that with my Jett, I needed to toughen up my sitbones (especially my left, for some reason) because I hadn't actually been putting a whole lot of weight on them with the old saddle. My weight ended up in other places. So it can happen. Give it a little time and see if it gets better.

[OakLeaf]

I just looked at SI's website ... worth noting that they now have the Turbomatic Gel Flow (the one with the cut-out) in all black with manganese rails. Should be more stain resistant, less expensive (and possibly more durable) than the old carbon rail version.