Originally Posted by
csport
Can I ask you how Liberator Y and Toupe compare to the stock saddle (which is a WTB Volt with Tommaso logo according to their specs) in terms of hardness? Then I will have and idea of how hard WTB Volt is, I think of trying the "wide" version of it at some point.
I forgot to say that I also have a Liberator Y Gel (non-Elite), got both Liberator Y and Rocket Race from REI for reward points in different years. Also a Selle SMP TRK Gel 160mm -- this concludes the list of the saddles I have. For me SMP TRK and Liberator Y work very well for an hybrid bike (even more upright). SMP TRK puts stress on the seat bones despite ample padding.
I would say the Toupe is very similar in hardness to the WTB Volt, maybe a little more compression on the Toupe.
The Liberator Y Elite has a wider center opening than the non-elite from what I understand. The padding on the Liberator is too soft to be very effective really - it collapses fairly easily.
Matt