(Jock--you probably meant to address this to Emily, but people who might be researching might find my comments helpful.)
Yes and I liked the Selle Anatomica one I tried. Still, it was too narrow. I could feel the saddle between my sitsbones, not under them. What's the guidelines for saddle width--sitsbones distance + 20 cm? Whatever it is, my "perfect number" on paper was more than the 170cm of the B17 (I think "perfect number" was 180cm). That's why I was so interested in the new Riv saddle https://www.rivbike.com/products/saddle-182-55-plastic-vegan-comfortable at 182 cm. Right now I'm riding B68's and I have a newly reissued B72 to put on my Betty Foy. I ride fairly upright, but not bolt upright. I think Emily should experiment with the cutouts. I have a feeling she leans more than me (she said "soft tissue" issues). On Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 10:22:12 AM UTC-4 John Dewey wrote: > Roberta, have you experimented with a cut-out saddle? > > Jock > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM Roberta <rcha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Philadelphia Trek store can measure sits bones. Perhaps there is one >> near you to give you some direction? >> >> I prefer a flat top like the B68 to a rounder top B17. I also have wide >> sits bones, so B17 too narrow for me. I tilt the saddle nose up, so I’m >> sitting on the flat back part of the saddle. Otherwise I slide to the >> front sitting on the nose part, and that is very irritating. Where are you >> sitting on the saddle? >> >> Also take notice where the seams of your underwear are when you’re riding >> as sit bones on seams are irritating. >> >> Roberta >> Philadelphia >> >> On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 4:00:24 PM UTC-4 Emily Guise wrote: >> >>> Hello folks, I come to the group with a dilemma. I've never had a saddle >>> that I could ride for longer than 20 miles comfortably. I've always ended >>> up with sore sit bones, numb soft tissue, or both. This has really limited >>> my ability to go on longer trips and after my five day ride on the C&O >>> canal trail last Sept, it was more apparent than ever I need to find a >>> saddle that won't hurt. >>> >>> I've tried dozens of saddles over the last 15 years- leather, plastic, >>> cutouts, no cutouts, wide, medium, softer, harder, you name it. :( Most of >>> the saddles that have stayed on my bikes for longer than a month have a >>> central cut out, are on the wider side, and plastic. They're good for >>> around town, but that's it. I've never had my sit bones measured. >>> >>> It occurred to me recently that because I've never had a truly >>> comfortable long-distance saddle, I have no idea how one feels. So I >>> figured I'd ask the group. How did The One saddle feel for you? Did it >>> "disappear"? Was it love at first sit? Did it need to be adjusted a lot >>> before finding the ideal position? Is there a certain amount of miles you >>> ride before it becomes uncomfortable? >>> >>> I'd love to hear the group's collective wisdom so I know what to look >>> for in the next saddle I try out. Thanks! >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a93cb530-6ec0-4fcd-894a-868948892b91n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a93cb530-6ec0-4fcd-894a-868948892b91n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e6ae9ad8-297b-4d29-a6d0-0b9d96927a0en%40googlegroups.com.
