SI Turbomatic, SSM Aspide Glamour, Ruby...T-shaped Saddle Chat HERE!

[bluebug32]

Too pear-shaped, too gradual a transition from nose to sits.

Which might be why you are shifting around so much.

(ETA: good lawrd, I do sound pedantic, don't I? But it's true... too gradual and not T-shaped enough for the angle of your hip joints.)

Is there anything more T-shaped than my 143 Toupe? It's still assaulting my hip/butt crease

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Is there anything more T-shaped than my 143 Toupe? It's still assaulting my hip/butt crease

The 143 size makes it tricky. I think there are some 130mm t-shaped saddles out there and the 153mm Turbomatic...but in-between...I don't recall seeing much.

What are your sit-bone measurements? Maybe something like the Turbomatic or Glamour (which is 155, IIC) would work for you.

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Yay, I ordered the Turbomatic...looks like there will be a bunch of us trying this in the next week or two! I hope it's THE saddle for us all! I have dreams of putting it on my bike and forgetting I'm even sitting on it.

[OakLeaf]

Is there anything more T-shaped than my 143 Toupe? It's still assaulting my hip/butt crease

The Turbomatic might work for you too, depending on what your measurements are. It's very crowned.

[buffybike]

Has anyone riding the Turbomatic had issues with "no cutout". I have a cutout on my Jett which is mostly comfortable, however I still get chafing and am intrigued by the skinny nose of the Turbomatic. Has the absence of a cutout bothered anybody who is used to a cutout?

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Has anyone riding the Turbomatic had issues with "no cutout". I have a cutout on my Jett which is mostly comfortable, however I still get chafing and am intrigued by the skinny nose of the Turbomatic. Has the absence of a cutout bothered anybody who is used to a cutout?

I ordered the Turbomatic Gel Flow, which has a BIG cut-out. Not sure if anyone else here is trying the version sans-cut-out, or not.

[OakLeaf]

Look what you started Oak!

I have the Gel Flow with the cut-out too. It's very generous, bigger than the Jett's and more comfortable to me.

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I have the Gel Flow with the cut-out too. It's very generous, bigger than the Jett's and more comfortable to me.

Did you have pinching with the Jett? I would get that with the Jett and the Ruby. I didn't have a whole lot of pressure issues, so the cut-out definitely helped with that, but the pinching...ow!

[nscrbug]

The Turbomatic might work for you too, depending on what your measurements are. It's very crowned.

Oh no!!! I'm concerned to hear this. I ordered a Turbomatic Gel Flow and it should be here any day now, but I was under the impression that it was FLAT. To hear that it is very crowned makes me think that it won't be a good saddle for me. I guess I'll see when it gets here.

[Owlie]

The Turbomatic might have to be the saddle for the next bike, then. Oak, how wide is the nose, relative to the Jett?

[OakLeaf]

Well I passed my Jett on so I can't look at them side by side, but I would say the Turbomatic is a bit narrower in the nose. The nose is definitely longer.

I didn't get pinching with the Jett, but some pressure and chafing.

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The longer nose makes me happy. I do NOT like how much shorter the nose is on the Ruby, vs. the Jett. I'm definitely a nose-steerer. No way would I put a Ruby on a cyclocross bike.

[OakLeaf]

I'm definitely a nose-steerer.

Oh boy does THAT bring up some mental images!

I didn't realize the Ruby's nose was shorter than the Jett's. I probably wouldn't have been happy with it, then.