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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
The important factors are how much you ride, and your posture when riding. I don't think "sit bone width" matters very much.
I normally ride a hard leather saddle, and a pretty narrow one. But every work day I ride a couple miles on the padded vinyl saddle of a CitiBike (a saddle I would never, ever, put on one of my bikes), and I have no problem with it at all. For a fifty mile ride, I don't think I'd be able to tolerate it, but for one mile at a time, it's fine.
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