I just spent about an hour going through all of the older discussions about saddles and I know it is a very personal thing but I want to try and mitigate the expense of just blindly trying one saddle after another.

I have had my road bike for 12 years and have had the Terry butterfly Ti on there for almost the whole time I have owned the bike. It has been great fit for me and while I haven't used the bike very much in the past 9 years the few times I have, maybe once or twice a year, I have always been able to just get on and ride fairly comfortably for rides up to 30 miles so I know it is a pretty good fit for me on my road bike.

I did buy a cromoly version to put on the new Utopia but something is holding me back from installing it. First, it seems a little different then my old version. The measurements are the same so it might just be the different cover finish is throwing me off but it doesn't really feel the same to me in my hand, almost squishier. But what is really concerning me is that my position is so much different on the Utopia. I am afraid that the more upright position might mean that isn't the best saddle.

Do you find that you need different seats on different bikes?

The stock Bontrager has to go but I was thinking about asking the shop if they could replace it with the women's version and trying that out first. The bike came with the evoke 1 which is horrible so I am wondering if anyone here has used the evoke 1 wsd and found it to be okay?

I also have 2 old but in good condition men's WTB saddles. One is the SST that came on my old mountain bike that I kept on there. I don't remember significant problems but i do recall it would start to bother me after longer rides, like more then 10 miles or so. I also have a WTB speedV that my DH bought years ago but never used. It is a cheapy but I looked it up and it gets good reviews.

So far I have managed to ride on the evoke for anywhere from 5 to 20 miles but it hasn't been comfortable. I don't have problems with my girly parts so much as my site bones hurt for days and days. So that means I just need something wider right? I think the butterfly and both of the WTB saddles are wider and I am sure the evoke 1 wsd will be wider too.

Sorry this got so long, i am just trying to noodle this through as i read all of the information out there. Any other thoughts or suggestions?