Seriously man you crack me up...

Another Terry Fly ti fan. I rode the Sella Italias before, all through and for years after my racng days. Loved them. In my late 30s by body started changing, Go the more friendly Turbo and right about the same time, broke my tailbone. That turned up tail did not work! Rode the full length grooved Specialized for a while then discovered the Fly. The old Sella Italia magic and it works again! On all but two of my bikes now. Plastic covered Specialized on my city bikes that get locked up in the rain regularly.

The ti is simply because I am light. Steel railed seats beat me up. I raced an Avocet III with its aluminum rails. Loved it (Sella Italia again) but left it on my racing bike when I sold it so it wouldn't break under me.

So, thank you Terry, for having Sella Italia make their great seats with the modifications that allow us not so young 'uns to keep riding them. And thank you, Sella Italia for making such high quality and durabvle seats and for working with Terry. Georgene Terry - probably responsible for more real changes in the comfort of modern road bikes than any other one person. Huge changes for the fit of women's bikes (like throughout the industry changes, not just her brand) and real gains for a lot of us men also.

Ben

On my road bike, an Ideale 90 Rebour.
P!N20 , specifically the "Special Competition Ideale TB 90 Rodée Main Selon Rebour" ;^)

On my mountain bike, a B-17.

Thanks, great explanation. I've been riding on Brooks, off and on, for 56 years, since my first bike a Raleigh three speed.

Selle Anatomica! Most comfortable saddle I've ever ridden on in 60 years. Early season butt breakin is almost non existent.

I don't know how many brands, models of saddle I went through (Flite / Selle Italia, Terry, Brooks, WTB, fizik, Romin, etc.) and all resulted in numbness where I'd much rather not be numb after less time in the saddle than one would think.

About 50K km ago, I decided to try out the ISM Adamo Attack - and while not a panacea, it's by far the best. Narrow enough to feel pretty much like a normal saddle between the thighs, but with relief in the tender areas.
Within a month of having one of those on one of my bikes, ALL of my bikes got one, because going back to a "normal" saddle felt like I was sitting on the top tube.
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wow. that does look interesting.. good to see some innovations! that seems to making some allowances for man parts. which I can appreciate.

Favorit Saddle
 

From the 70's a used Brooks on my used Peugeot. Don't remember a thing about it now but I regret donating it to a non profit when I moved to West Palm Beach. Wouldn't ride in the roads here then or now. Still regret moving here but that's another story.

I like it already.

You must have enormous, um, (not myke??) uh, well, I'm going back to the thread I was looking at before this one. Yeah, that's the ticket, the last thread. Yeah. Uh, nice saddle, that. Enormous...

I've ridden a number of saddles over the years and generally changed when there was a need. I have ridden the Brooks Pro and Brooks Team Pro; Ideale, Sella Italia Turbo and it's clones, Sella Italia Flite Titanium (I think I rode this one the longest and only changed to another when my body changed and I started to get rubbing and chaffing issues); Fizik Arione (a nice saddle but way too narrow for me); Specialized Toupe (this was the saddle that got me riding again after the Flite Titanium saddle I had started rubbing me raw); Specialized Phenom. The Phenom is my current saddle in a 143mm width and I am happy with it. I went with the Phenom because the Toupe saddle has gotten prohibitively expensive and I was about to get a take off from a bike shop at a good price and so far I like my Phenom and will stay with it until and unless something changes.

Favorite saddle: B17, Cambium a close second, 3rd probably Brooks Pro. I have a Cambium C17 on a modernish Roubaix, and it took some getting used to, but now it pretty much "disappears" as I ride, which I like. I started on a B17 on my Legnano Roma, 56 years ago. Still have and love the bike, but the original Campy branded, narrow rail, B17 died in a rain storm, after surviving 50 years, to be replaced by a new B17. I got the Cambium for its better weather properties, though I don't expect to be riding 50 more years.

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Replacement B17, rear, front a Brooks Pro from the '60s, both favorites of mine.
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New Cambium C17, loving it too.

For new race bikes: Fizik Arione
For vintage race bikes: San Marco Regal
For touring bikes: Brooks B-17

I have my fair load of saddles: one Vetta, two San Marco Rolls, two San Marco Concor, one Selle Italia Turbo, two Selle Italia Turbomatics (the 1 and 4) and then a couple of Selle Italia Flites (two with aluminium rails, two with titanium rails). Besides the Flite, which I really like and have on every one of my "lighter" bikes, I haven't given much time to the others to mold my buttocks enough so that I would start enjoying them. Strangely enough, the Vetta is the one I used the most and the one that I don't notice while riding. I'm going to keep that one, and eventually, I'll sell all of the others. Just waiting for the right moment.

Unless it becomes unbearable, I think you have to stick to one saddle and ride it until your body adapts. This takes more than a week sometimes. If the pain is overwhelming, then there's no point in holding on to it. Just abstain from judging based on your first ride.

I toured with a Turbomatic 4 and it just wasn't working for me. Now I have a Brooks B17 champion on the mail coming my way, which will go on my touring bike. I'm hoping it will start breaking in before I hit the road this summer.