I am on my third saddle on the Moulton, I'll paste here something from elsewhere about this ;)
"Fizik Aliante - really tried, 500+ miles, doesn't work in 'road position'. agony after 2 hours. moved to Brompton - upright suits it/me.
Brooks Swift - > 100 miles, many adjustments, main issue is 1 part of it works, move further forward and it doesn't. agony after 3 hrs.
Specialized Toupe Ti-143 - 2 rides, 4+ hours now on it. Utter bliss in comparison to the previous 2. Only choice now is 'gel' or not. we'll see :)
I do appear to need a 'flat' saddle with a varity of positions available. Moving forward on the Toupe is great, support just in the right places."
The Toupe is as hard as nails yet the most comfortable of the 3. Vitally for me and you - it has a nice hole in the middle so 'soft bits' don't get squished - in my case I'm in road/race position so my pelvis is tilting forwards a tad - in yours you are probably more upright and the 'hole in the middle' is quite a valid thing to do.
Borrow saddles till you find one you like - btw, it does take some time to adjust to riding again from nothing - but it shouldn't be agony... I have a few floating round :)
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Date: 2010-04-20 02:20 pm (UTC)Oh my.
I am on my third saddle on the Moulton, I'll paste here something from elsewhere about this ;)
"Fizik Aliante - really tried, 500+ miles, doesn't work in 'road position'. agony after 2 hours. moved to Brompton - upright suits it/me.
Brooks Swift - > 100 miles, many adjustments, main issue is 1 part of it works, move further forward and it doesn't. agony after 3 hrs.
Specialized Toupe Ti-143 - 2 rides, 4+ hours now on it. Utter bliss in comparison to the previous 2. Only choice now is 'gel' or not. we'll see :)
I do appear to need a 'flat' saddle with a varity of positions available. Moving forward on the Toupe is great, support just in the right places."
The Toupe is as hard as nails yet the most comfortable of the 3. Vitally for me and you - it has a nice hole in the middle so 'soft bits' don't get squished - in my case I'm in road/race position so my pelvis is tilting forwards a tad - in yours you are probably more upright and the 'hole in the middle' is quite a valid thing to do.
Borrow saddles till you find one you like - btw, it does take some time to adjust to riding again from nothing - but it shouldn't be agony... I have a few floating round :)