Originally Posted by
nesdog
Like everyone, I've gone through my share of saddles, in the endless search for comfort. I've been on SMP's for quite a while and they have mostly been okay. After a few saddle sores with the Drakon, a saddle I've used for a decade, I decided to try the Stratos.
Which beings me to the question; have your saddles generally be right from the beginning? Or did you have to do a fair amount of adjustments to finally settle in? The Stratos is taking a while and I'm naturally not sure if it's me, the saddle or just bad luck!
I settled on old Selle Italia Max Flite saddles about 25 years ago, even hoarding NOS examples for when the old ones wore out. Last year, when I finally needed a replacement, I bought an SLR Superflow - dimensionally similar to the Max Flites and I wanted to try a cutout. The SLR is a harder saddle, which took a couple of rides to get used to, but the cutout worked well. I’m happy (and relieved) that my first new saddle in a quarter-century worked out well from the start.