Originally Posted by bike eagle

I respectfully disagree. I have tried several saddles with cutouts like the one you linked to, and if you are wearing typical cycling shorts with pads in the crotch area, the pad still rests on the sides of the cutout and presses up against your testicles (for those who have testicles, anyway).

I just think that padding in cycling shorts for male riders that presses up against any parts of the male anatomy is counter-productive to what's being attempted through the use of saddle cutouts (discounting saddle with no nose at all, of course).