Another bike saddle question (but I'll love you if you answer this)

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Good luck! I'm still in the middle of the Search for the Perfect Saddle. I have one now that "works" and I seem ok after 52 miles this morning but I have the nose tilted down a little. For me the cutout is a MUST - my girl parts are happy but now my butt is sore (on only one side????).

My LBS offered a $50 unlimited saddle try-out/fitting using the trainer - I thought about it but realized some problems don't show up until you've been out there for 20 miles - that's when my foot started to go numb and I had to adjust the saddle (no more numb!).

So for the same $50, I bought a gently used saddle from the 'for sale' section of this forum. I decided if it didn't work, I could re-sell it after I'd put 100 miles on it and try another from someone else on the forum - you'll see saddles show up from time to time. We almost should have a "Saddle Exchange" system set up.

[Ms. Knotty]

I am back on my mountain bike and looking for a road bike. I rode the MTB yesterday for 13 miles with my 6 year old on the trainer (which translates to not being able to stand much to alleviate pain). By the end, the girl parts were sooo not happy. The information here has been really helpful, just wondered if any of you could make suggestions about MTB saddles? I added a gel cover and am wondering if that made it worse, as I had no problem when we rode a few weeks ago. My instincts have also been telling me that I need to lower the front part of the saddle too. Am going to try that first and see how that works.

[KnottedYet]

After you adjust the tilt of your saddle (only a tiny bit at a time), measure your sit bones.

After you measured your bones, measure your saddle. See if the saddle is the right width first and foremost.

If there was no problem before you added the gel cover, why did you add the gel cover?

Could be the saddle fits fine (check those measurements) but adding more padding just caused the padding to jam up into your hoo-ha and cause distress.