I have a Strike Plus and love it. To me the padding is not to much, when you are big enough you pretty much crush it anyway and it is a non issue. The cutout is great and it grabbing shorts happened until I learned to position myself correctly the problem went away. The bent nose up front I have yet to make up my mind on whether it is a gimmick or actually has a purpose. The biggest reason I got this saddle in the first place was that it was the only one that was wide enough for me that I could find, expensive yea but what a ride.