how long to give a new saddle before you pitch it?

[caligurl]

i have a general saddle question.... what is a good amount of time to "break-in" a saddle before you decide you hate it?

i rode on a new saddle (the butterfly i mentioned in another post) last weekend for 2 rides (about 45 and 40 miles), then this weekend for 47 and 30. i did not ride all week (no motivation )

i'm going to ride again after work today.. on that fast becoming most hated saddle! cuz i'm wondering if i'm just not used to riding since i didn't ride all week?????

if (uhm.. when) i get ride of this thing and buy another... how long (hours? miles?) do i ride it to give it a chance?

i THOUGHT we had gotten it adjusted half way decent last weekend.. but apparently not (or i got out of being used to being on it) cuz this weekend i barely made my whole ride saturday and sunday i just quit at 30 even though i wanted to go futher! i just couldn't.. my tushie said NO!

i'm not saddle sore (that i can tell or notice) off the bike like i remember being a bit when i first starting riding last summer...

[DeniseGoldberg]

I apparently have no patience at all when it comes to saddles. During my last saddle hunt I think the longest I rode an uncomfortable saddle was a half of an hour! Once I had the right saddle I pretty much knew immediately...

--- Denise

[caligurl]

my husband kinda knew immediately too.. well.. he had to make a couple minor adjustments cuz he new seat (a fi'zi:k) was a lot longer.. but he sings it's praises (he got it the same time i got mine!)

he had the specialized alias and complained about it til he took it off and took it back!

[sarahfixit]

I take about as long as the store will let me return it Terry Liberator Race is the only one I ride anymore.

[CorsairMac]

I agree with sarah and denise - you Know its either the right one or not. Think of it another way - how long does it take you to decide a pair of shoes fits right or not??.......for most people, the first time they wear them!

[Adventure Girl]

I agree with sarah and denise - you Know its either the right one or not. Think of it another way - how long does it take you to decide a pair of shoes fits right or not??.......for most people, the first time they wear them!

But it might be the right one for a 10 mile ride, but not the right one for a century. Also, for newbies, there might not be a saddle on earth that is comfortable for them. But once they get a little "tougher" the saddle might be fine. Just my $.02...

[caligurl]

ok.... so i got the new ruby about a month and a half ago.... it has a specialized jett saddle... (looks pretty on the bike )

i hadn't been riding very much for a couple of weeks before getting her... although the time on the bike picked up some... not nearly the amount of time i had been spending on the bike throughout the summer and fall...

sooooo when i was first having saddle pain... i assumed it was cuz i hadn't been riding much....

i haven't been putting on a lot of miles.. but did a couple 40 milers.. and last weekend my first metric on ruby.... my butt was irritated.. (however on the dolce a metric would have been "nothing" to my butt).... i rode sunday... a very SHORT ride wednesday.. then my first century since october was yesterday....

i was miserable from the beginning! a lot of times on rides around home... i'll be uncomfortable when i start out (even with the jett) but it would ease off to a point as i rode more)... well yesterday i was miserable from the first mile (even told hubby i was turning around at rest stop 1! bad start! lol!)

i continued... and my butt got more sore... and more sore! usually after a century.. even if when my butt is sore that day... the next day i can still ride... well today i can barely sit in a chair.. much less on a bike!

so do i need to admit the jett isn't working? or is my butt out of shape (i only put 592 miles on the ruby/bike in december and 170 in january prior to the century.. so now 270 miles for january! plus over 8200 miles on the bike total for 2005))

i want to give the saddle a fair shake... heck.. it looks nice on the bike! lol! but if i can't ride... and it's not an adjustment phase.. it needs to go and go quickly! but i sure hate to put a dolce seat on it... (i NEVER had issues with the dolce seat! )

suggestions? comments? recommendation??????