Saddle Swapping

I haven’t posted a “saddle update” in a while… if you’ve been reading since the beginning, you know that I’ve had quite the time trying to find a saddle that doesn’t somehow cause pain or injury to my undercarriage. I finally settled on the Selle Italia SLR Lady- wide enough (155mm), a large cutout, and a tolerable amount of padding.

Well, the first Selle Italia SLR Lady finally wore out. I ordered a new one, but soon after, a friend of mine from the Road Bike Review Lounge sent a saddle to me- a while back, I’d tried the Selle Italia Diva, but found that the padding was excessive. Instead of giving it away, I sent it to him and he removed the cover & padding, then replaced it with a thin layer of foam and new leather-ish cover. I rode it for nearly 160 miles over the weekend and absolutely loved it. Photos:

160mm wide and <200g!!
160mm wide and <200g!!

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Sunday, Ryan and I were in Outdoors Inc. when I noticed that Fizik has a new women’s saddle- the Vesta. It’s like the Vitesse (a decently wide, curvy saddle), but with a pressure-relief channel down the middle. I asked if there was a demo model, but they didn’t have one. However, Joel, the bike shop manager said he’d like a review of it, so he let me take it to give it a whirl. Sweet! I’m gonna head out for ~50 miles tomorrow since the weather is going to be pretty nice.

I’m wondering if Fizik saw this post that I made a little more than a year ago…

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  1. Another thing to try…….I was having issues myself for the longest time! I could never get COMFY on any saddle, ever!!! Then I tried Skin Sake underneath my regular chamois cream and I swear to you Andrea, not a problem since! I’ve done long rides, bumpy rides, sweaty rides and that stuff has worked wonders!!! Do you know Bain Foote? It is his product! I also use it post ride for preventative measures, in case my body even thought about saddle sores and so far so good. That has been since the first of January and you know base miles are longggggg times in the saddle:) Maybe that could help things too??

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