Originally Posted by
scottz123
Recently purchased a Selle Anatomica X series watershed. Did a couple of low effort short spins (30m) on rollers and felt good.
Went for 1hr 45m ride outside today and really felt the front of the cutout (short part that runs perpendicular to long cutouts) 1 hour or so into ride. BUT, I did not feel sit bone burn like I felt before with my other saddles - I did use a chamois creme for the first time though.
I set this saddle up with my normal measurements nose to stem and BB to top of seat (roughly- not counting sag in leather to much).
I have not touched tension screw, I weigh 195ish.
Tilt is set up 1/8" high in the nose. I will try saddle at neutral, than try tensioning a turn or so if that does not do it. My first impulse is to radius front of cutout, but not crazy about modifying new saddle that I may end up selling...
Thanks in advance
Yes, I felt it when I set it up that way. But you are then too far forward on the saddle.
What works for me is to try to get my sit bones on the two little dimples on the wide part of the saddle - this is at the widest part of the saddle. I'm pretty sure this area of the leather is intended to hold your sit bones. After that adjust nose up or down angle to not slide forward, and not have excessive pressure forward of your sit bones. Adjusting saddle tension is also a part of this setup.
It's in the instructions.