Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post
Welcome to TE!

I've never used the Rapha shorts, but--
If the soft-tissue issues are new with this pair of shorts, then it's the shorts, not the saddle. Shorts, like saddles, are really personal and even the super-fancy or universally-loved models won't work for everyone. How long have you been doing the 50-70 mile distances? You know how your sitbones had to toughen up when you started riding? This is the same thing. Your butt will be sore until you put in enough time in the saddle for it to get used to the idea. If you've been riding those distances regularly for months, then you might look at changing the saddle. The Oura is a racing saddle--very little padding. Have you considered something like the Jett or Ruby? There's a bit more padding in the Jett. If your LBS doesn't have it, they should be able to get it.
Thanks and thank you for the response!

On Saturday I went to my LBS to change the angle of my stem and mentioned that my right sitbone was hurting sooner/more than my left and one of the guys there noticed that my saddle was slightly right of center so we remedied that. I mentioned to the fit guy that I keep scooting back and that I was thinking of moving my saddle backward and he told me not to do that. He mentioned that riders often scoot forward when they climb, which I hadn't heard (I thought they moved back). So, I didn't move my saddle back.

I went back to the Specialized shorts that had been working up until 50 miles or so. I started doing 50+ about 2 months ago, but have only done it 4-5 times. So, I started out on Sunday and about 25 minutes in my right sit bone was already hurting! I was planning on doing 75 miles and that wasn't going to make it very fun. I decided to try moving forward a bit on the seat and try ignoring my sitbones. About 10 minutes later I had forgotten all about it, my sitbones stopped bothering me so much and I completed my 75 mile ride!

Tomorrow I am going to try the Rapha shorts one last time and try to sit further forward on the saddle and see what happens. If they really don't work, I will send them back. The fact that they have a 30-day guarantee makes me like the company even more! :-(

Thanks again for the feedback.