Did ten,turned around and put another saddle on,did a few more,turned around and put another on and after some more,came home and put the stock Fuji saddle on. After riding 5 more miles or so,came in and ordered a fricken Aliante and i'd better be happy. Well at least from Performance if i dont like it i can return it but man,i just want a saddle i can go 50 on and not go numb and be,even somewhat comfy. It seemed that every saddle i tried that had a bigger cutout was worst,not better,odd.

how do you position your thing, it should be pointed upward not downward, if you place it downward you will really feel numb down there.

Unless it just doesn't fit your butt, you will be. I used to be able to ride 150 miles a week before I started to get really sore, I'm now riding 300+ with tolerable discomfort. I couldn't ride anything without a cutout, no problems with the Aliante. Don't lean it against anything though, the cover might as well be wrapping tissue, going down is really ugly.

I've at it level,down,up back,forward,higher,lower. I've read all the fitting sites,been there,done that. We'll see.

Shok,

How long have you had this problem?

Have your considered a Brooks?

finding the right seat can be difficult. i was told that it should be just wide enough (at the point where it starts to get wider) for the hip bones on the insides of your thighs to rest on. i'm not sure what the anatomical term for those bones are, but they're on either side of the prostate gland.

i'm a fairly slender guy (120lbs, narrow hips, probably like a 30" waist). i use an old vetta TT trishock saddle that was recommended to me by an older bike shop owner who was all "you have about the same body-type as i do, try this one, i love it!" and as it turned out, i did, and do. it's the most comfortable saddle out of all the bikes i ride (one has a brooks B-15, and another has a selle italia flite Ti). the angles and amount of padding, and width...everything about it is just perfect for me.

EDIT: i guess my main point is, if the alliante doesn't work out for you, and you're a slender guy, try to find a TT trishock. i got mine for $20 (steel rails with leather cover). they came in a number of flavors, i've seen magnesium rails with rubber cover, and i bet they made a Ti/leather one). i've noticed that a lot of times high price tag and maximum comfort is not do not always go together.

EDIT, the second: also keep in mind that every saddle has a break-in period where it won't feel very comfortable at all, 10 miles is usually not far enough to let the saddle mold itself to your butt. the padding will generally be stiff, and the plastic shell won't have as much give to it as you might like.

the fuji saddles aren't very comfortable, and i've never liked any seat that had a cutout on it. the narrow parts around the cutout always dig in right at those bones i was talking about earlier, which is not really what you want. i probably didn't explain it right anyway, maybe it's supposed to be right where the saddle starts to taper smaller is where they're supposed to rest...

The Aliante is 138mm wide in the back. Most are 135 or less so its abit better for me that i'm 6' 192lbs. The stock Fuji saddle is for sure 135 or less. Belive me,i've read all the reviews and website info on saddles and what riders have said on the forums so i know all about good,bad and inbetween. I've had saddles good for 1000 miles and go away but i've never had one good for more then 20 at a time before i need to stop or stand and coast for awhile. It makes a difference when someone says they have the ideal saddle and never go numb. If they ride alot of hills they get out of the saddle vs someone like me that can ride 50 and never need or have to get out its so flat here. Also a 120lb rider can almost use anything vs a bigger guy. I think the bigger you are,the harder it is to find the right one.Now all this could be BS but its al imo.

I feel your pain. I am just finishing with my 'find the right saddle' problem. Fortunatlly I have a really good LBS so I could buy a saddle test it for a good while, like two weeks in one case and return it to try another one if it did not work. Plus there prices were the same as performance/nashbar/supergo ect... minus the shipping so it was actually cheaper. If you have a similiar LBS I would highly recommend it even if it is more expensive because blindly ordering a saddle based on reviews here and elswhere can be more expensive. The one that killed me the most was the Fisik Areone and that one got shuch incredible reviews for this and that blah. After twenty miles it felt like my ass was bleeding I just did 110 miles on my Terry Zero yesterday and I think I finally found a winner. Good luck.

Thats why i went with performance,i can return it after using it. I went the the performance here but not much to choose from.