Good saddle no more

Hello,

I am sort of stumped and I imagine there are about thirty to four
hundred folks here who have more experience in this matter and know the
answer.

I have an old Giant Butte that had a Selle saddle on it. I bought a Kona
Dew Deluxe last year, and of course changed out the saddle with my Selle
saddle.

Last year and again this year it seems no matter how I adjust my old
saddle, up or down, forward or back, it just doesn't feel that good
anymore. It's not a sit bone problem, my sit bones are very happy.

It is a front end problem. It feels like one of three things are going
on or a combination depending on how I move the saddle around....

1. They feel like they are next to my throat

2. They feel like they are slowely getting squashed

3. I feel like I am sitting in the middle of an overly padded hoop

So I guess my question is this: Can a saddle generally that geometry
specific, and it just a lucky match with this saddle on my MTB?

TIA

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:42:00 +0000, Ben A Gozar wrote:

So I guess my question is this: Can a saddle generally that geometry
specific, and it just a lucky match with this saddle on my MTB?

Is your forward lean angle different with the new bike? I find that
changing that can make a saddle feel totally different.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:42:00 GMT, Ben A Gozar wrote:

Hello,

I am sort of stumped and I imagine there are about thirty to four
hundred folks here who have more experience in this matter and know the
answer.

I have an old Giant Butte that had a Selle saddle on it. I bought a Kona
Dew Deluxe last year, and of course changed out the saddle with my Selle
saddle.

Last year and again this year it seems no matter how I adjust my old
saddle, up or down, forward or back, it just doesn't feel that good
anymore. It's not a sit bone problem, my sit bones are very happy.

It is a front end problem. It feels like one of three things are going
on or a combination depending on how I move the saddle around....

1. They feel like they are next to my throat

2. They feel like they are slowely getting squashed

3. I feel like I am sitting in the middle of an overly padded hoop

So I guess my question is this: Can a saddle generally that geometry
specific, and it just a lucky match with this saddle on my MTB?

Saddles are always just luck. Sometimes a very minor difference makes a big
difference in comfort. I would experiment with small increments of angle.

The saddle on one of my bikes was so-so. Not bad but not very comfortable, but I
didn't have a perfect choice for a mountain bike to replace it with, so I put up
with it. Anyway, I'm out riding through the woods, something snags the rear
wheel that tosses me up and forward and the bike sideways and I come down on the
saddle, BLAM! It feels great now. Either I readjusted it or forcibly reshaped it
to my anatomy, I'm sure I'd know if it was my anatomy that had adjusted. Anyway,
that's now a great saddle.

Try small adjustments.

Ron