Originally Posted by Bikkhu
Look, to put it quite simply: Saddles support your weight. The bigger the supporting area, the more your weight is spread around - hence more comfort. Cut off most of the supporting area and your weight is supported by just two small areas in your groin region. Let the chafing commence
Except that you don't want your weight supported on that center region. It leads to problems much more serious(to most of us) then chafing.
I don't trust this saddle(even with laminate) to do a good job of supporting anything in the long term but cut outs are a huge improvement in saddle design.