Originally Posted by
Stickney
As a fellow Clyde -- you need to get your sit bones measured. Just because you look big, doesn't tell us how wide your sit bones are, and that is the key to saddle fit. If you are lucky, you will be in that 140ish range and can find many options to try. But for me, at 154 -- there weren't many options. I have a Selle Italia Max Flite and a Brooks B-17. Those both work
pretty well.
You can do a decent job at home measuring by sitting on a bag of brown sugar or something. But a good LBS should have a method and they may be willing to let you demo a saddle or two as well.
Of course, as others have mentioned, you will need to build up your posterior fitness.
I measured my sit width last night, and got 140mm between the butt bones. While I respect your suggestion to visit my LSB, that makes me blind - I cant see myself going in there to buy anything.
They have shown time and again some of the worst customer service I've ever seen. I rather consider myself on my own when it comes to them. So be it.
That said, at least I know my butt's bigness now. Its actually not that huge, compared to some... its all the extra Clydesdale proportioning that makes it seem so. Ill work on that.
But for the time being, I did try an old POS saddle today that is closer to my proper width and, what do you know - it felt better!
Now, Im on the lookout for a 140-145mm saddle. At least Im on the right track.
Thanks a heap for your input.