"Yes dear", or, questions for Selle SMP users

[Rebecca19804]

I went through years of pain (clit more than labia, if that helps clarify). Cut-outs didn't extend far enough up the nose. A friend has a Selle SMP Dynamic. She wouldn't "recommend it" (she's smart enough to know what works for one may not for another) but the entire concept was intriguing. I read and re-read Steve Hogg's info. Finally got a Dynamic in July. It has entirely sorted the problem out.

For background: up to July, I'd determined that I need a T-shape, quite narrow, quite hard. The best I'd found up to that point was the Brooks Swallow, but would sometimes (not always) get torturous pain after 30 miles. With the Dynamic -- fitted to Steve Hogg's method -- I realised that I do rotate my pelvis quite a lot and sit on the ischiopubic ramus. This has allowed me to be really comfortable at the back/sit bones on quite narrow saddles, but it puts enormous pressure on the front pelvic area. SMPs address all of that.

Yes, the Dynamic is a bit more pear-shaped than I'd have liked -- and I can feel that difference from the T-shapes I've preferred in the past -- but it hasn't actually posed a problem for me. In fact, the longer the ride, the better, as I seem to forget all about the saddle once I'm warmed up and settled into my ride. That's something I could never do before - so something must be working!