My lady friend has liked the selle italia type saddles with cut-outs like the XO etc... Here saddles were starting to fall apart and she was starting to complain about them hurting...foam wears out. I bought her a B17S and crossed my fingers thinking she would not like it... turns out she loves it and finds it very comfortable, though she does complain for sore sitbones after a long ride (2+ hours), but never during. Her previous complaints were not for her sits bones. I was worried because the B17 needs the nose up to high for proper fit and this is on a drop bar bike, but she says it is fine... go figure.. b17s don't work for me with drop bars, they are aweful, but I am also a tall fellow and the steel nose piece is basically jabbing me in the scrotum... so.... I digress.

She has a womens WTB of some kind on her mountain bike and says it is great. She wears riding shorts of course, but favours tri shorts for their thinner chamois.