Fair warning: it took me about 200 miles to fully settle in. The first few rides felt unfamiliar and I can see people giving up too early. Push through that stretch — the saddle you're evaluating at mile 20 isn't the one you'll be riding at mile 200.

"I'd quietly stopped joining the group for the longer routes. Made excuses, met them for coffee after. I started going again this spring, and nobody's had to wait for me yet."

"I went in skeptical, and I'd tell anyone else to as well. What got me to try it was the 30-day window — after four saddles that didn't work, I wasn't spending another dollar without a way out. I didn't end up needing it."

"The real test of a saddle is how often you think about it. I thought about my last one constantly — adjusting, shifting, calculating how much further I could go. I think about this one never."

"I'm 67 and putting in more weekly miles than I did at 55. I haven't gotten tougher and my fitness isn't dramatically better. The pressure just moved to the bones that were built to handle it.