Well I'm back. I got up early and got my butt out the door on a ride, to beat the heat. While I'm still working on tweaking the position, boy, I'm finally sitting on my sit-bones on this saddle! I did a 12 mile ride. I would normally start feeling some irritation in the soft bits after a few miles. Not today! What a difference.

It's still kind of slippery, so I'll try the proofhide. Now I have to go read up on the correct position - I think I have the tilt correct, but I'm not sure about the front-to-back position where the rails attach to the seat clamp. I tried to match the other one, but along with the slipping, it probably needs tweeking.

I'm grateful to everyone's contributions to this post. There's a lot of good information here!