Originally Posted by
one4smoke
Understood, and as I said, I know it's gonna be a trial and error process. But, I suppose I'm looking for opinions on what size saddle is appropriate for the specific size sit bones given. Also, opinions from those that have had a less than comfortable experience with this particular saddle. In another words, anything that may help shorten the learning curve.
Your saddle is wide enough. Other peoples experience with your particular saddle means nothing. When you have pain in the, uh, sensitive areas after a few miles and sitting back helps you need to drop the nose of the saddle. When the nose is too high is will cause the issue you describe. Just because your saddle may be level right now doesn't mean the nose is not too high. So many people give up on a saddle, then blow money blindly buying others recommended by strangers on the internet because they do not know how to properly adjust the tilt.
You want to find the balance between crotch pain (nose too high) and sliding down the front (nose too low). That will make some saddles be tilted up slightly, some will be level and other will look like the nose is tilted down. They aren't all the same. Adjust it a tiny bit at a time. For me, even a millimeter of adjustment is noticeable.
It's best to start with the nose a little too low. If you feel like you're sliding down then pull over to the side of the road, raise the nose a hair and get back on. Repeat until you find the sweet spot. I can get conformable on any size or shape of saddle as long as it isn't super narrow. I personally prefer the feel of curved ones but that's irrelevant to anyone else.