How long have you been cycling?

I'm just curious, because what you're going through sounds similar to my experience. When I picked up cycling (again) no saddle was comfortable for very long and I bought numerous. In retrospect, it wasn't the saddle - just an out of shape butt. I have a hard time finding any correct width saddle uncomfortable these days - now that the place that sits on it has toughened up.

-Roger

two weeks.
But honestly that first seat got to the point that I would hurt for a day or so. I asked the bike shop guy and he said it is wide and soft so it is supporting your butt muscles instead of your sit bones and that is why it feels bruised. I have 30 days so if it just breaking in the saddle I can always put my old one back on.

The thing with soft saddles is that they distribute your weight around to the fleshy parts of the butt that really have no business bearing weight. They feel great for short trips, but for longer trips (an hour or more) they do more harm than good. In that sense, the lack of padding in the Forte Classic is a good thing.

I've got that saddle, but it's in my pile of spare saddles. My complaint was that it's too slick and I slide around a lot on it. I didn't have any pressure problems. I would check to make sure the saddle is level. If it's not make it level. If it is, try tilting it a little. There are so many things you can adjust it can make you nuts, I know.

I just picked up a Specialized Avatar, which after one trip feels pretty good. The thing I would recommend though is not necesasarily this saddle itself but the cool little measuring device that Specialized dealers have to see how wide your sit bones are. Then they can recommend a saddle width based on your riding style. It beats blindly guessing which saddle you'll like.

My other bike has an E3 Form Gel saddle (again, despite the name, almost no padding). It's fairly narrow, but if your backside is too, it's worth a try. I've ridden a couple centuries on it with no major problems.