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Saddle swap?
Hi
I currrently ride the cheapest of the toupes range and find it ok. The only thing against would probably be it flares at the edges a little too much and can cause a bit of irritation.
I have been looking at the expert gel one with the adaptive edges or switching completely to maybe the power arc with more of a contoured shape.
Does anyone have any experience with these ‘adaptive edges’ and are they all they’re cracked up to be?? I think they could provide the answer I’ve been looking for.
Could swapping completely to the arc be too much of a jump/risk being a completely different shape?
Cheers
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The answer will depend upon how wide your sit bones are. Without knowing that nobody can give you anything like a sensible answer. Ideally, you need to be going into a store and trying a few different saddles out for size, rather difficult at the moment.
I'm not sure what else I can add to that right now as saddles are very much a personal choice.
Measured my sit bones just the other week actually. They're 10.5cm.
this would suggest a 130 saddle and would explain the slight discomfort on my current saddle.
Ive also looked at the Romin. This looks like a decent saddle with flatter edges.
I suppose the question is do I get a saddles where the edges are always flatter (Romin) or one that adapts to my body shape (toupe)??
I may even contact spec and see if they'd do a swap if one doesn't work out then go with the Romin to start with