Honestly just the one because it felt fine for the duration of the fit.

Hm?

What Éric is saying is that a good fitter will go through a number of saddles in a session.

I found the ISM pn1.1 good because of the extra softish padding. Like you I have very little padding. Also most saddles do require a break in period for your body to get used to them but they should then disappear once you’re past the initial break in period

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This and your fitter was lazy. Even if the first saddle on the fit bike feels okay the fitter should let you try some other different models and brands. Because that it is the only way to find out and feel if that first is actually the best or if others are better. And when the final position is dialed in you should maybe try some more since if your position changes to more aero your position on the saddle also changes a bit.

But even beyond this if your sitbones hurt you are probably sitting on the saddle the wrong way. Unless you ‘ specify’’ the wrong part as your sit bones. But everybody is different so what might be comfortable for you is another rider torture. Go see a fitter that has a selection of the most used tri models and do a saddle test.

Best,

Jeroen

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Owner at TRIPRO, The Netherlands

My last bike had an ISM adamo saddle and I found it extremely uncomfortable. I have a strange body in that I weight 190 lbs but I am boney and have no natural padding if you know what I mean. So all this weight is just pushing right down on my sitbones and it hurts. If my last saddle is as good as it gets then great but if there is better option I'd love to hear it. I was thinking about trying a fizik saddle or a fabric saddle?

Thanks for the help Eric. At this point where would you suggest I go from here? Can you suggest a resource for choosing a saddle (or how to sit on one properly for that matter!) or do you think I am back at square one with a bike fit? I had no idea that something as simple as what I sit on could be so involved and technical!

I've been through tons of saddles, ISM, prologo, Cobb, Specialized Sitero, Dash......I've finally settled on Brooks Cambium C13 Carved for my road bike and a C15 for my gravel/adventure rig. I'm even considering testing the C13 out on my tri bike which currently has a Dash saddle on there which looks amazing, but really isn't very comfortable. The most important thing for me was measuring my sit bones correctly and then choosing the correct width Brooks saddle as they come in 3 widths I think. I have the 145mm width and it is super comfortable. I've ridden double centuries on it without any discomfort. As I'm sure other people will say though....YMMV.