Searching for a saddle - what to try next?

[Krysta]

Measure your sit bones first.

Just like measuring your feet before trying on shoes, you need to know your sit bones so you know what width of saddles to start with.

T or Wedge?

If you have chafing on the lower "panty-line" where your butt meets your thigh, the transition on a saddle is too gradual for the angle of your hip joints (too wedge shaped viewed from above) and is wolloping your leg as it moves when you pedal.

Cut out or No?

Do you prefer saddles with a cut out? Wide cut-out or narrow? Short or long?

Padded or firm?

Some folks don't like padding because it jams up and chafes and causes pressure and numbness. Some folks can't stand firm saddles because it's too hard on their sit bones.

I guarantee, if you can give just a couple of these pieces of information and an idea of the kind of riding you do most, there will soon be several people with the perfect saddle who will chime in to help you!

Thanks for the help on my Ruby issue. I was sized for a 143 Ruby. Previously, I have used a Selle Italia prolink, cut out, 144x 282. But my shorts would get caught on the nose when standing. It is way more padded than the Ruby, but I haven't noticed the less padding on the Ruby to be an issue. The nose is level; I do tend to move around a lot while riding, but mostly because I'm not comfortable. The pressure and brusing is on my medial ramus, if you follow your ishial tub all the way up, staying medial, that is where the pressure is. Girlie bits are ok, right side is happy. In the past, I have created two bilateral stress fractures on my pubic bones from riding and need to prevent this from reoccuring. I have a getto booty and generous gams which always rub against my saddle. (ruins my shorts) And no hips.
The 155 Ruby looks really wide compared to my previous saddle.(my gal pal uses that one). The idea of measuring your sit bones, I find very hit and miss. They are assuming you will maintain that posture while riding. I get sloppy when tired and feel my sit bones flex forward. Maybe I should have kept up with my pilates classes...
Thanks again for your help,

[bluebug32]

I find that women's saddles are too wide for me. My sit bones fall between 143 and 155. I loved my men's taupe saddle and rode it for a year a half. Then my bike fitter pointed out that I was sitting way off the back of it. I just switched to a Specialized Romin saddle. It tips the pelvis further forward, which seems to help with the IT band pain I was having.