Yet another saddle thread...SSM Glamour Arrowhead vs. Bontrager RXL/RL?

[nscrbug]

Ha, duh...there is. I always forget that there are LBSs other than our favorite one. Any idea if the Bontrager saddle guarantee applies to ones purchased from an actual store, rather than from Bontrager online?

Yes...I also bought and returned my RXL at a brick and mortar Trek store...no problems at all.

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Maybe we should get an email writing thread together to encourage TE'ers to request SI make a wider version of the Turbomatic available. It's a 153, so maybe a 163 and 173?

Opinions? Both on the idea and sizes? Anyone know the dimensions of the Turbomatic from center to center? IOW, the place where the sits rest, accounting for the crowned shape?

I really like that idea. I'd be game! If I had to guess on actual useable width I'd think it's in the 135 range. So even if they made something wider, say 170ish, it would work for a lot of us and they could probably double the sales on that saddle.

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OR if we could talk them into making a less domed counterpart. Keep the same footprint, but flatten it out, so that our sit bones really could make use of the full width, instead of our crotchtal™ regions straddling the center.

[Becky]

I like both ideas. However, my preference would be for the flatter saddle, rather than the wider one. My girly bits don't really like domed saddles, regardless of width.

I don't really understand how boy parts would like a domed saddle either....

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I like both ideas. However, my preference would be for the flatter saddle, rather than the wider one. My girly bits don't really like domed saddles, regardless of width.

I don't really understand how boy parts would like a domed saddle either....

Yeah, wouldn't a domed saddle squish their undercarriage, as well...?

[Desert Tortoise]

What is the purpose of the dome shape? Do you sit differently?

Thanks

[nscrbug]

I too, like the idea of communicating our preferences to SI, in hopes of convincing them to create a more female-friendly (wider, flatter, yet retaining the friction-free T-shape) version of the Turbomatic Gel Flow. Seems logical to me that any company producing a women's saddle would actually go out and ASK WOMEN what they look for in a saddle. But I'm guessing that is not the case. Infact, it wouldn't surprise me if most women's saddles are actually designed by men. As if a man would actually know or even begin to understand what issues a woman faces when it comes to choosing a saddle.