Cool thanks! Lemme keep messing with adjustments to mine and see what can't be done about the discomfort. If that fails, I'll probably take you up on the offer.

If you wanna try my Fizik let me know.

Specialized's introductory road saddle, the Riva is a very good saddle and costs $40 shipped. It's typical of modern saddle design, flat with almost no arch, firmly padded but not soft and has a cutout. It's also available in 130/143 widths as well as 155 if you can find a take-off. It's similar to the Charge Spoon but nicer.

I've been doing 200+ miles a week for the past several months on mine with no problems. I generally ride pretty evenly between tops/hoods/drops with the varying body position to match.

Most good bike shops have a saddle demo program where you can demo several saddles for free or cheap. Just leave a valid CC number as collateral.

I've noticed quite a few ladies do that with their saddles.

The Terry Butterfly saddle comes highly recommended from a lady racer friend of mine to other ladies. She made the Me Gusta face when she was describing it to my female teammate.

Cool man. Will do.

Not sure though, it seems to be a day to day love hate thing. Most times my saddle doesn't bother me and I don't even think about it. But on those certain days when it does... I want nothing more than a comfortable saddle.

I think I've also come to the realization that it is never going to feel like a Lazy-Boy recliner. It's a little piece of plastic/rubber/leather jammed into your nether regions, while you workout, over bumpy terrain. There's a reasonable amount of comfort to hope for but that's it. Unless I'm wrong, and I usually am... :p

I don't know, I very seldom remember I'm even on my Romin. There's no unusual pressure or weirdness, just my sit bones contacting the saddle right where they should be.

:lol: Just saying that a properly fitting saddle doesn't constantly remind you that it's there by putting pressure on body parts that it shouldn't.

Jokes aside, I did have a little bit of discomfort when I (essentially) lowered my bars. By that I mean installed Nitto RB021 bars. Although I did have generic drop horns on there before too, so it wasn't a huge switch. But it was enough to notice.

But now with the 125 degree 75mm stem, it feels damn near perfect.

I also tightened the nut beneath the nose of my Brooks, which tightened the leather a bit, which helped my occasional discomfort too. I think after 4 years of riding it and (occasionally) mink oiling it and whatnot, it got a little too flabby/loose. I didn't tighten that nut much, but just enough to make a difference.

Long story short, I'm just not eager to go screwing around with a saddle that's mostly working well. Start trying new saddles and changing config and maybe even dropping some dough on another saddle... I know I can get much worse. I'm not sure sure about how much better I can do though.

Yeah it's nothing like that. I'm not thinking about it often.

Oh sure, I have a Terry (the Liberator) on my touring bike and it is like riding on clouds. But I'm trying to avoid putting a $100+ saddle on the bike that I ride around the city and lock up in front of bars and at concert venues and stuff. I'll do it if it comes to that, and put a chain on it, but I figured I'd try out cheaper saddles first.