Saddle help

[SarahMN]

I am looking for a saddle that will provide comfort for 5-6 hours of biking a day for a trip to France. I am training 3x a week 30 miles though need to increase the amount of time on my bike over the summer. My sit bones are 130mm, I bought a SI gel flow (says Lady on the nose) and it seems way too narrow?, this is before I measured. Oops. I have biked for years and this is the first saddle that caused chafing right at the fold where my butt meets my leg. I never paid any attention to the saddles that worked for me in the past. Any ideas where to start? I never have problems with up front, a cut out is nice but not so important. I think I need a good T saddle.

Thanks,

Sarah

[zoom-zoom]

I'd bet money that it's too pear-shaped and maybe even too wide. My sit bones are 120-125mm and I had similar issues with a SI Lady Gel Flow...it was both too wide and too pear-shaped for me (as well as too soft). I've been MUCH happier on a Specialized Jett 143, which is very T-shaped. I'm actually contemplating moving to the even firmer Ruby in the same size.

[Biciclista]

50% of the people that rode the Paris-Brest-Paris were sitting on Brooks or other leather saddles. that's a 1200km ride in 90 hours. If you're not racing and freaked out about every ounce, you might look at a Brooks

[SarahMN]

Any thoughts on where chafing occurred? I didn't like the stitching on the SI saddle. Measured around 160? Maybe too pear? Pinching my extra meat at the top of my leg.

[SarahMN]

Exactly that spot! Will the Jett provide all day comfort?

[zoom-zoom]

Exactly that spot! Will the Jett provide all day comfort?

I've done centuries on mine. My butt is usually the last place to complain. Actually, I really don't get ANY sit bone pain, nowadays.

[Owlie]

I switched to the Jett 143 (my sitbones are in the 125-130 range)--and it's nearly perfect. It took some getting used to because it's a lot firmer than the Selle Italia I used to have, but my butt and girly bits aren't sore!