lol, yeah I was bleading from such bad abrassions form the saddle on my first century ride. I have done 6 century rides and none of them were as bas as that first! I just finished my 6th last month on my fizik arione saddle and after riding the 107 miles I felt so good, I rode another 25 miles to a friends house. But like you mentioned above, it helps when you put time in the saddle. I train for century rides 8 weeks out in advance starting with 65 miles and each week riding further with 2 30-45 mile rides in that week also.