Originally Posted by DocRay
Studies have shown that cutouts make no difference to saddle comfort or blood flow.
Studies can be made to come to whatever conclusion is most beneficial to the person or group doing the study. The only study that's important to me is the study of what used to happen to my C&B and the extreme improvement in bloodflow and coinciding comfort. My own personal study has shown that the part of me that used to be smashed, thereby blocking bloodflow, has been allowed expand naturally. There is a VERY visible difference in the amount of bloodflow going into the region. I don't think I need to elaborate.
Originally Posted by DocRay
The most important variable is seating postion and sitting up too vertical on a saddle. You shouldn't really "sit" on a saddle. People who change saddles frequently don't give them enough time, if it feels good out of the box, it will likely not work for you in the long run. My specialized toupe was painful on my sit bones for about a week and a half, once my ass got used to it, it turned into an all day saddle, despite no padding.
Ride the drops more. Avoid padding.
People who complain about narrow saddles sit up too vertical. Look at what pros use, they can ride narrow saddles 6hrs/day because of proper cycling technique. If you sit up and never use the drops, wider is better and move the seat forward.
I like the sweeping generalizations here and I'm glad your saddle works for you.