How to pick a new saddle

I have asked this question as well several times with members of my bike club and so on and basically what I have found out is you just have to try them so you might end up with a stockpile of saddles but maybe some of the wiser BTers can help shed some different light.

My LBS is pretty cool in that they help me assess what kind if seat I'm looking for, then they install it and have me try them on my bike while racked on their trainer. If I'm not sure they make me narrow it down to two seats and I can take them home for no more than two days (no riding in the rain or they're both mine).

See if your LBS can help you narrow them down. If they don't have it in stock then you're a bit out of luck. Usually first hand experience is the only thing that can help you there. Good Luck

first you must size up your horse, and then also try out several different saddles to see what is most comfortable.

The saddle companies will give LBS for you to test ride. Do not buy a saddle without trying it out first. Most LBSs have several different kinds in stock.

Go to a well-stocked shop -- not necessarily well-stocked with saddles to buy, but with bikes set up for test rides. And then take a lot of bikes with a lot of different saddles for a lot of test rides. Then buy the saddle that most closely resembles the one that felt best in the tests.