I can see how people with specific conditions and/or needs might use a nose-less saddle, but I agree with Jeff Wills. I am not an uber cyclist by any means, but I need the stabilization the nose provides. Also, being tied to one position for an entire ride would be rather uncomfortable. If I am seated, I do spend the majority of my time on the sit bones, but to rest things I do move around periodically if I am sitting for a long period of time (I tend to stand only to climb short steep bits). A nose-less saddle would prevent that, and I'd have to sit for my entire ride in one position, and unbalanced at times. Also I'd worry if I hit an un-expected bump and got jostled off those pads and on to that metal bit in the front. I'm not even a guy and the thought makes me cringe. It seems to me that this seat is designed for those who have specific anatomical needs that are not met by nosed saddles, and it's good that there are alternatives for those people out there such as this saddle. For those who don't have those needs, this just seems like a gimmick designed to suck money from people who don't know that their saddle is either not set up right or doesn't fit them.