oh no, not the flite 
angled upwards or downwards? what saddle were you using before? what prompted the change? are the SMP’s on all your bikes? Even the full squish bike?
btw what’s everyone’s saddle history?
Here’s mine:
Yes, all of the flites.
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(And a fistful of plastic saddles of various degrees of flatness, all of which failed to fit my butt on one brevet or another.)
Also in the fabric scoop crew. Have them on both cx bikes and moving a third onto the mtb. Have done long gravel rides on them. On the road bike, I use bigS Romin in 155. I have the newer version and the older, longer version. I threw the older one of the Crockett for BWR coz 220km, and apparently it was setup perfectly and was like a couch. I like that one better than the shorter, newer one.
I dropped a hell of a lot of money on saddles after I started riding again just trying to find something that wasn’t miserable. Went through the following (and probably forgetting some):
Original Super Turbo
Selle San Marcos Roll Ti reissue
Turbo reissue
Some long forgotten thing that came on a Ridley Compact
Aliante and Aliante VS
Toupe
Romin
Romin Evo
Whatever All-City that came on my Space Horse
C17 (sat on it once, took it off immediately)
B17 (with a token Imperial version)
Some WTB that came on my mtb
Ended up stopping at the Romin Evo and B17. The Specialized bum indenter put me in the high 120mm range, been riding the narrow Romin Evo on the road bike and day ruiner, and the medium size on the mtb. The other two bikes have B17s.
I’m curious to try the Berthoud saddles, but my wallet is not.
Holy fuck I’ve spent so much money on saddles over the years. As a skinny person without much padding in the butt region saddles can be torture devices.
SLF it looks like you’ve already spent the equivalent of 5 Berthouds on saddles, just try a Berthoud already.
1 Berthoud = 1/5 bong or 16.6 avocado toasts
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I guess this is the newer/shorter version.
Can’t remember how length of non-evo and evo compare, but they have narrower nose than the Romin, thicker padding as well. Mine are the first gen. It looks like the current evos are about 1cm shorter now.
Accurate
And I should, and will, someday.
I meant to say that the skinniest cutout Berthoud was the answer for me. Definitely worth trying.
My saddle life, 1997-present:
many random saddles adjusted totally willy nilly
a super cool sparkly yellow gel saddle
Flites, many flites some smooth, some gel, some with lots of words and swoopy lines stitched onto them
first gen SLR (that bottomed out on the rail clamp head and nearly sundered me from tail to head)
Arione?
Aliante
Arione again
Antares VS (horrid, let three other people try it, everyone hated it)
Volta (literally I’m the only person who has ever had one, they seem like a product design fever dream rendered material)
scoop (didn’t work for me)
BIG Xtracycle saddle (awesome for sitting upright, integrated handle great for lifting bike)
C17
Aliante Large
Another C17
Remember which model you have, is it the Aspin?
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Can’t stop. Should stop.
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Nose also doesn’t ramp down as much.
I think the Aspin/Aravis are the cutout models.
I’m not sure if Mike Kone is still doing this but he used to allow you to return Berthouds after a week if they don’t work for you.
Oh that’s good to know, thanks.
And he’s cheaper than runny hearse (but would order locally instead of going through them anyway).
all butts are butts with different geometry
i am curious to try a C17 though, fondled one on a bike today (not for sale) and seemed curiously flexible
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