Old 06-28-10 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by NOS88
. I'm curious about how you dealt with the adjustments for each saddle. Did you have a "standard" staring place in terms of tilt; did they come with recommendations about setup? My experience has been that some are more sensitive to minor changes in tilt. For example, my Selle An-atomica was real difficult to get dialed-in, and just the most minor tilt difference made it unbearable.
There were no recommendations or instructions, just the saddles. I didn't really have a good answer, other than take the saddles I wanted to try on a "trial" run for a couple of miles to pick the saddles I wanted to try. I rode around with a wrench in my jersey and stopped frequently to tweak the saddles. I think the problem with this approach is that I might have "missed" a great saddle because I didn't have it adjusted right.

The other variable I probably missed is getting seatpost height "correct." Because the saddles have such different profiles, I really should have been doing more to adjust seatpost height as I went.
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