Saddle Selle Italia comparison help...

[Catrin]

I had the SI Diva and found the cutout too wide (and too long) which put pressure and caused numbness - not on my girly bits - but on the area next to them. If I understand your description correctly it is the same area that you are having trouble with.

For me the SI Lady (LDY) Gel flow turned out to be THE saddle for me. I now have it on all of my bikes including my mountain bike. For me it is the perfect combination of cutout size (both length and width), nose length, and width in the back of the saddle. It has a quite different shape from the Diva - some have said it is similar to the Terry Butterfly but they didn't seem THAT similar when I visually compared the two. Probably one, or both, of the designs have changed.

Do you have a LBS that would allow you to demo the Ldy Gel Flow before committing to it? I was fortunate to find one, which is nice as they aren't cheap...

[CyborgQueen]

Muirenn -

Currently I have the nose slightly up. I did that because if I have it level, it feels worse (the area that I have issues with). Feels like I'm "falling forward", hence why I put it up.

Yes, I had a good bike fitting, and I'm positive that I'm sitting on the sitting area. (The thread you put up, is the wrong link...you copied your comments into the link, so I can't open it).

I do consciously lift myself up onto my sitbones, could it be poor posture? If it matters, when I stand normally on two legs, my lower back "curves in", so my pelvis is a little more rotated than a normal woman. I've had x-rays done and stuff, and they found that it's just slightly off, and nothing I should worry about, and I need to wear a "girdle" type of belt, but since I've already grown up, it's too late to "fix it".

So, if I do consciously keep rotating my pelvis, is it poor posture?


Thanks for the help, definitely got my thoughts going...