I ride a Trek Domain SL 5 road bike and I’m 76. All in all, I won’t go back to a saddle with a nose. I’m happy with the PS 2.0.
Ride 1 –
12 miles. Leveled the saddle by the bars on bottom of the saddle (the road bike setup video infers that the seat should be level by the bars). Sore sit bones, seat felt hard, almost didn’t make it back home.
Ride 2 –
Short rides up the street. Tweaked and tweaked. Finally watched all the setup videos again, read the setup instructions again, and viewed the diagrams. Leveled seat by the top front 3 inches of saddle (based upon diagram) and short test ride again. Noticed even weight on pubic rami and sit bones, and some space behind me on seat. Progress?
Ride 3 –
12 miles. Sit bones did not hurt, pubic rami and sit bones found their spot and were fairly comfortable. Still uncomfortable pressure on soft tissue. I do believe I was properly seated on front of saddle.
Ride 4:
12 miles. Sit bones did not hurt, pubic rami found their spot and were fairly comfortable. During ride dropped angle a small amount to relieve pressure, but too far down. Tendency to slide forward on seat, which caused more soft tissue pressure.
Ride 5:
12 miles. Adjusted saddle to 1 degree drop on front 3”. Sit bones and rami comfortable. Still tendency to slide forward on seat. Still felt pressure. Could pressure be the pads in my shorts causing a trampoline effect across gap in seat?
Ride 6 12 miles. Wearing spandex with no pads; much better. Padded shorts weren’t doing anything beneficial; who would have thought! Padded shorts were bunching up and filling gap in seat, causing excess pressure. I recommend trying shorts with no padding.
If I had leveled the saddle properly and not worn pads, I would have adjusted in 3 or 4 rides.