Originally Posted by fietsbob

My LBS has a box full of Take Off saddles , people buy a different saddle, when buying a bike..

In Short , You won't be the first..

(people have bought a different saddle when starting a bike tour on a New, highly recommended leather saddle, by the time they got Here)

gel is one choice, just toughening up your tush with more time in the saddle
is another..

as is buying any of thousands of different saddles on the world market ,

And because hips don't come out of factories , what works for one person

may not work for you.. so go forth and try a bunch of different ones...

can't sit on another's opinion, in reality.. have to try it in person

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