Anyone try New Terry Saddle Falcon X?

[slinkedog]

Great news! Give it a few rides. After one ride with my Selle SMP I was sure my hiney was going to be very unhappy even though the girly bits were great. But after a couple more rides, everything was good. I still have some tushie soreness, but only on long rides, which I'm not doing every week, so I know I just need to keep toughening up that part.

[Robbin_G]

Is that this one? Looks interesting...

http://www.sellesmp.com/en/default.htm

Great news! Give it a few rides. After one ride with my Selle SMP I was sure my hiney was going to be very unhappy even though the girly bits were great. But after a couple more rides, everything was good. I still have some tushie soreness, but only on long rides, which I'm not doing every week, so I know I just need to keep toughening up that part.

[slinkedog]

Yes, that's it, but mine is the cheaper, TRK Lady model, which they don't seem to have on their site. I got mine off ebay at masherz.com's store, and Bikemania.biz carries it, as well. Boulderbliss got hers from a UK seller for a great price, but I'm not sure who.

[Kyna]

I did the Tri-county Hill Hopper with this saddle. The cut out really does it's job. I had no pain in the soft bits. The back does have a bit less padding for the sit bones than I'd like but that wasn't the problem for me.

However, the saddle nearly made me cry near the end of the 30 mile ride. Instead of having pressure on the soft bits in the center, I had more pressure on the outer area where the cutout hole ends and the sides of the cutout begin. It musta been pushing up on my nerves in that area. I don't know if I was "falling into" the cutout or what that put so much pressure on the insides of my pelvis. Hard to explain! After that ride I was so sore I took a few days off which turned into a few weeks

I haven't had time to play with it much since then. I've put my old butterfly back on for the long rides, eventhough it gives me some discomfort in the center I don't get the raw pain I had with the Falcon.

I Haven't given up on trying to dial it in. The first 15 miles were glorious, just hasn't worked for me so far.

And yes.... saddles are totally my compulsion. Nothing is too good for my bum!


Edited since grammar > me

[Aint Doody]

I rode my new Falcon X on a 74 mile ride on Saturday. I was anxious about it, but my fears were unfounded. I could go to the bathroom and (in Nancy's words) there were no razor blades! It's not as squishy on the sit-bones as some, but I think I've got a winner here. I've always had a problem with the soft tissue area, but on Sat. I had none! Yahoo!

[Bad JuJu]

I'm getting ready to order a Falcon-X, so any last comments before I click on the "Add to Cart" button? Thanks!

[atleta]

I purchased my fourth Terry saddle, a Falcon X, a couple of weeks ago. I have a Terry Liberator on my mountain bike, a Terry Butterfly on one road bike, and a until it was replaced with the Falcon, a Terry Firefly (women's) on my main road bike. Previous to the Firefly, I had an Avocet O2, but it made me burn down the center of my crotch. The Firefly was too wide in the nose and gave me icky saddle sores and even a cyst in the crease at the top inside of one of my legs. The Falcon X is significantly narrower in both the nose and the rear section than other Terry saddles. It also has noticeably less padding. It's not as immediately comfortable as the Butterfly, but after four times out on it, I've gotten used to it and actually like that it is firmer than the Butterfly. If your hips are wider than average, however, you may find your cheeks hanging off the sides. I ride ~120 mi/week, mainly on a Kestrel Talon, and am 5' 3" and 135 lbs.