Originally Posted by dutret
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.
while fully realising the utter pointlesness of discussing suitable saddle design I just would like to say that in my personal experience the WTB love channel-type construction seems to work, while Selle Italia Trans Am type cutoff leads to agonizing pain. But as I said, thatīs just me.