I have a Dash saddle on my tri and road bike. There isn't much padding on them and it can take a little time to adjust to that. The price for their 'stock' saddles is in line with most other saddles - I have the strike on my road bike and stage on my tri bike, and like them both.

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Thanks - Those still look a little wide up front though not a much as an ISM

Have you spent time on an ISM in the past?
I would suggest it's possible they don't work for you, but equally or more likely is that you haven't tried one for long enough. I just thought I'd point this out in case you dismiss them too quickly! Some people seem to be okay right away but I wasn't. However once I'd given them a chance they were far better than anything I'd tried before in an aero position, and I'm still using them on the tri bike, although I use a Specialized Romin Evo on the Road bike.

I found it took about 3 weeks of discomfort before the ISM Breakaway test saddle I borrowed suddenly became incredibly comfortable. I found the same thing several months later when, after going back to my conventional saddle for a season, I decided to go with an ISM Attack. These saddles support you quite differently and as such your existing saddle adaptation doesn't carry over in my experience. That doesn't make them bad saddles, just different. Don't forget, a conventional saddle hurts too, if you're not used to it. We've probably all forgotten that since most of us haven't entirely stopped riding for a long period and then resumed suddenly.

I would suggest trying a Fizik Mistica Large (65mm).

If not that then ISM PN 3.0

Eric

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eric: curious why you recommend the large vs. regular in the mistica. i have been looking into the mistica but cant decide on size so would be interested in your thinking.

Because you sit off the end of the Mistica with pelvis rotated forward... the wider the saddle the more there is to hang off of. It’s not going to be “too wide”

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