A REALLY T-shaped saddle to watch for - Ergon SM3

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I bet if those grooves in the rear were curved it would be better.

How many straight lines are on the human body?

I really think the problem with those ridges are that they make the saddle slightly domed, since the sit bones rest lower than the ridges. If they flattened the ridges or filled-in the "wings" so that they weren't sort of indented there would be no issue. The ridges just end up jutting into the flesh sort of between the sit bones and my butt crack.

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Yeah, those don't look t-shaped enough for me. I wish Bontrager would come out with a more t-shaped version of the Affinity. Firmer padding with metal rails would be good, too. I don't want carbon rails to get the RXL level of padding.

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That has a really nice shape. I wonder if they make one with a cut-out. Though I will say that my Bontrager is still really do-able, for now. I love the dent up-front. It could be more T-shaped, but it's not a horrible fit. I don't generally have chafing issues, just feel sort bruised in the inner-thigh/butt region after long rides. I can live with that to keep the girl parts happy.

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I might be wrong, but I think Fizik is anti-cutout?

They have some saddles that have a relief channel, but the one I tried was the worst torture device ever!

[Becky]

What I'd really like is a saddle like the SL XC but about 5-7 mm wider.

SI SLR Lady Gel Flow? It's ~155 mm, or the older one was. Seems to me that I heard somewhere that the new one is only ~146mm.