Originally Posted by
Iride01
Numbness in the perineal area is something you need to solve.
IMO, too much cushion on the top of the saddle along with the cushioning of your chamois will give you numbness on most any saddle.
If your chamois is thick and padded. Then look for bibbs or shorts with a thin chamois. That sometimes will be a more expensive version offered by the various brands.
I prefer a fairly flat profile from nose to rear. Though a little rise in the back is tolerable for me. Some like a lot of rise in the back. And saddles that have cutouts might help too if you insist on keeping a lot of padding in your shorts.
I agree that the chamois can be a source of pressure. I think that it’s a great idea to have cutouts in the saddle to prevent pressure, but if the chamois is too thick, all of that cutout engineering is wasted.
I do like some padding directly under my sit bones though, so I took a pair of cycling shorts and cutout all of the padding in the perineal area. Now I have padding where I need it and none where I don’t.