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

[Owlie]

Yay!

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Rode a few miles tonite, with stops back home to have DH tweak things. I think last night that my saddle was about a quarter-inch too high. Lowering it made a difference, as did moving it a hair forward and tilting the nose down a skoosh. Tomorrow will be the true test. I'm kinda nervous, but I think the initial feel of this saddle is the best I've tried. I love the way it gives when I hit bumps and I don't feel like I'm being forced forward or mashing my inner thighs and backs of my cheeks into the transition area.

It is firm, though. I have a feeling that those last 50 miles of my ride across the state are gonna be noticeably sore. I can HTFU and deal with it, though.

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Rode a few miles tonite, with stops back home to have DH tweak things. I think last night that my saddle was about a quarter-inch too high. Lowering it made a difference, as did moving it a hair forward and tilting the nose down a skoosh. Tomorrow will be the true test. I'm kinda nervous, but I think the initial feel of this saddle is the best I've tried. I love the way it gives when I hit bumps and I don't feel like I'm being forced forward or mashing my inner thighs and backs of my cheeks into the transition area.

It is firm, though. I have a feeling that those last 50 miles of my ride across the state are gonna be noticeably sore. I can HTFU and deal with it, though.

Kirsten...have you had an opportunity to ride in the drops on the Arrowhead? With it being so firm, did you feel any pressure on the girly parts while in the drops? That is usually one of my problem areas...especially on my Ruby. I have a Ruby with that stupid silver plastic tip at the nose, and as you know, there isn't much padding on the nose of the Ruby to begin with...so when I get in my drops it's "ouch" city for me. Literally feels like my bits are being smooshed...I can only stay in the drops for about a minute or so.

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I really haven't. I rode in the drops a bit last night, but the saddle was too high, too far back, and too nosed-up, so the little I did wasn't as comfy as I expect it to be, now.

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So I completed my ride across MI, yesterday...and the verdict is, I think the SSM Aspide Glamour Arrowhead and I are at the start of a long-term relationship.

I had issues in the first 80+ miles of the ride that I started suspecting were a shorts issue, not a saddle issue. Fortunately my DH was driving support and had a spare pair of shorts in the car for me. Rest of the ride was MUCH better and by the end I was very happy on my saddle (I mean, as happy as a person could be after 147 miles, after chafing for 80 of them).

No numbness, no feeling like I had to constantly push myself back, un-emcumbered thigh movement. Just great!

[Owlie]

Awesome! And looking at the pictures of the saddle (I know it's not the same one, but it's close), it might just work...

...on the next bike.

[bluebug32]

Nice! I think we need a pic. of you perched atop the Arrowhead, popping a bottle of champagne! Congrats on finding "the one." May you have a long and happy ride together