Originally Posted by
firebird854
I have been scouring the internet trying to decide on a new saddle, I currently have a Body Geometry Toupé Expert Gel, hollow Ti rails, 143mm, it came with my bike. This, and most other saddles, are perfectly fine for around 30 miles, it's after this threshold that it always becomes increasingly more uncomfortable. I end up moving all over the place on it (normally I'm near the front) I experience numbness, eventually pain, but rarely any chafing.[...]
* Personally, it is uncomfortable for me to be forward on the saddle.* I find that if I position my saddle fore and aft and adjust the tilt that I can find a happy place where my "sit bones" rest towards the back of the saddle and are well supported without much pressure towards the front, towards the nose of the saddle.* Sometimes the adjustment requires some fiddling so that there is not a tendancy to slide forward or to put too much pressure on my arms and wrists.
I recently bought a Selle Italia 1980 Turbo repro and have ridden it a bit and find it ok.* But, my butt needs to be pretty far back on it for support, It's about a 140 mm saddle, I think.* Very retro.
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