Originally Posted by
waddo
My basic belief is that you will get used to any saddle unless it is too narrow or too wide. If you ride every day and after a month you still get sores I would go see a doctor and ask for advice.
That may be true, but it's also a question of what you're willing to put up with. Getting used to something isn't necessarily the same as being comfortable. And riding frequently, like my daily commute, is not always a measure for how comfortable something will be for an extended ride. I tried a few saddles and the real test was an all-day ride. Commuting could reveal some obvious and immediate shortcomings, if present, but only after a good day of riding did you learn where/if the sore spots were. Before the Cambium, my go-to saddle was Specialized Body Geometry. Did the job fine for commuting, and even a long day of riding, but day 2 could be rough until I got used to it. Even then, getting used to it meant learning to deal with the fact I might not enjoy the first moments of the next day when I sat back on the seat. My solution was to rotate in some padded shorts to change up the pressure points, and it worked pretty well. But the Cambium has worked pretty well from the get-go. I keep the practice of rotating some padded shorts every third day or so, just to be safe, but it doesn't seem as necessary. It's precautionary, rather than a reaction to the pain of sitting back on the saddle after a long day of riding.