Saddle problem?
04-10-26 | 11:24 AM
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Oh, yes. They do. It has to do with the transition from nose to seat. Some flare out gently, some more dramatically, even if the seat width at the back is the same. I find the gently flared ones don't work for me - not enough thigh clearance when my sit bones are well supported. My favorite saddle, the long-out-of-production Avocet O2 Air 40R - has a more abrupt flare out, so it has great thigh clearance when my sit bones are squarely on the back of the saddle.
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04-10-26 | 11:52 AM
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That's exactly what I did. I have 11 bikes, and I have my favorite saddle on 8 of them. Back in 2006, I found out they'd gone out of production, so I found the last store that had any and bought 3 of their remaining 5 saddles (the others were in colors that would look weird on the bikes I had). Nowadays, I have a Saved Search on Ebay for them.
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