Originally Posted by
Inertianinja
this is interesting. she definitely puts too much weight on her hands (she had bruises yesterday) but she fully admits its because her posture is lazy. i'll have her give it a shot with the thing tilted down, then try it back too. the saddle is very supportive, and the cutout is pretty big.
She had bruises on her hands after a 42 mile ride? That is not normal. Where are her handlebars in relation to the saddle? Can you post a picture of her on the bicycle? I'm thinking that her handlebars are too low, the saddle has the nose tipped down too far already, or there is something wrong in the fit.
I haven't done much riding with a cutout, but it seems to me that there are too many edges with a cutout ... I wasn't impressed.