I think I finally found the winner today.

Pedaled up into the driveway after work this afternoon and noticed the box by the back door... my new seat.

After hemming and hawing over seats since last season and trying every type of inexpensive seat I could get my hands on, most from department stores or the LBS, and after trying every different combination of seat height and tilt I could think of, I finally pulled the trigger on a bit of an upscale seat. I had read good things about the Selle TRK, and everything about the look of the seat seemed to be what I was looking for, but after trying a LBS seat with a similar width and suffering some hip pain, I decided to move up one model to the SMP Extra. Looked to have a little less gel than the TRK and was a little narrower. Well, as soon as I saw that it had arrived today, I grabbed it and went straight to the garage. I put the new Selle on, adjusted the stem height just a bit and took the bike for a quick spin down the block. Oh man... This is the most comfortable my tush has been on a bike yet. It was like the seat wasn't even there. I am SO excited to ride to work tomorrow. This could finally be the seat I have been longing for. Stay tuned.

-T.