[Closed] Charge Spoons

Its been a very pleasant discovery - best fitting saddle Ive had - but thats for me.

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Not the comfiest saddle in the world but does the job.

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Impressive garage billyt!! 😯

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cracking value.. this one took nearly four years to kill..

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this is it's replacement..

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And only £17.99 from Triton Cycles at the moment!!
http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/m13b0s81p0/Components/Saddles_-_XC_Road

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Very comfy for £18 - I have a spesh Henge on my other bike, but for me, the Charge is more comfortable.

Your Arse May Vary! 😀

Blimey - this is turning into an impromptu Soul thread!

Blimey - this is turning into an impromptu Soul thread!

Haha yeah it seems to be something that goes hand in hand....

It seems to be a great saddle, I had been using an I-beam SDG one for ages as I always seemed to bend rail saddles. Needed rails for my LEV post though so went for the Spoon, idea being that it was such good value that if I bent it it'd be cheap to replace. As it turns out, it's really comfy and hasn't bent one bit yet. Buy one!

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been on three different bikes now, lovely thing that it is

Madison flux is pretty much the same saddle, same hull, rails, stitching, for when you can't get the right Spoon at the right price. Gusset R is also the same, but all glued rather than stitched. Handy if tatty stitching is why you bin a saddle.

Yup. Gusset R also has the advantage of some excellent colourschemes (if you're in Def Leppard)

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(or the Bay City Rollers)

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Not all glued btw, the boring colours are but the comedy ones are stitched.

Someone did a PSA the other day, cheap Spoons- and one of the strange things about Spoononomics is that I sold mine used for more than I paid for it. I liked it well enough, still got one on the commuter but found it a bit wide for me.

http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/m13b83s81p0/Components/CHARGE/Saddles_-_XC_Road

Knife?

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All different saddles on different bikes. Fair to say that I love the shape and it suits me! Cheap and light(ish) too.
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And a different charge saddle..
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Cheap, comfortable, reasonably light. What's not to like..?

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<makes note to place a thread asking to see cotics next time he wants to view heaps of spoons> :O)

Apologies for the garden scene - my Titus before I sold it

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Check out them weeds!

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Any more trances with spoons??... should i..shouldnt i?

First saddle I've tried in a long while that hasn't had me putting the Ragley Cheeky back on straight away.

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Great thread! Might have to fire up the laptop and get my spoon/knife pics up...

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Don't think I've had any other type of saddle for a few years now, (except a Flux, so I think that counts)
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Oh, and I'm going to get one of those tartan Gussets for the Kona.

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giantx4 - Member

Any more trances with spoons??... should i..shouldnt i?

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Yeah the black trance has even got my fave layback thomson post on too!!".... layback+spoon such a sweet lookin combo!!!... can anyone photoshop em onto my bike?[img]http:// [IMG] [/IMG][/img]

Very comfy saddle but not impressed with its life expectancy. What mileage have folk been getting out of the leather ones?

Iv ablack one on my trance a brown leather one on my road bike and a grey one on my hack bike, finding the brown one really hard to bed in compaird to the rest anyone els ha this?

theblackmount - Member
Very comfy saddle but not impressed with its life expectancy. What mileage have folk been getting out of the leather ones?
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Had my leather Ti one for a few years done loads of miles in it, must be 50+ a week. Had the cheaper ones before and they were good too. All of mine the stitching has worked lose on the back left edge but this has not really effected them.

I've got 3 of 'em. The last one I bought, cheapy black version about 18 months ago, was really sticky when new and would 't let go of my shorts. Nearly had me off the bike once or twice. Fine now the surface has smoothed off a bit. Anyone else notice this?

Great saddle, had a couple of them. Can't beat them for the money.

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The answer the OP, I don't have a custom one (bit spendy for me at the moment), but I do have two spoons and a knife, including a Surface edition (black with a nice blue base). No decent photos but the Surface is currently on my BFe (will probably end up on the CX bike or hardtail which are black/blue and blue/white respectively).

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Loving the variety of bikes that the spoon is on.
😀 What makes the knife slightly more pricey?
Is it just the Ti rails?

2 Knives and a Spoon - would love a "Surface" edition - which bike to put it on though????

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Everything about this says 'Yes', love it.

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Knife
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mikehopkins - Member
Loving the variety of bikes that the spoon is on.
What makes the knife slightly more pricey?
Is it just the Ti rails?

That a bit less padding, they aren't as robust as spoons. Mine flexed in the middle and gouged out a hole in the plastic underside from the seatpost bolt, but then I am a bit of a fat knacker. I find the Spoon comfier.

Green 29r bloody sweet hummerlicious!

Thanks Giantx4, I can't get enough of it, I hardly ride the others at the moment!

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Quite tempted to try a Knife next time I need a new saddle.

Black rims,stainless spokes.....always does it for me!!"

thanks Lambchop.. I love it too 😀

Can anybody tell me if the brown leather/ti version has a smooth top or is it perforated like the black?

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Any excuse to post a pic of my bike

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And you can get them for £17.48 on the large 4-letter auction site. I've had 3 on various bikes, very comfy, I find them durable too. Wouldn't perch my precious ar5e on anything else now

Just had my 'warranty'* claim from Ribble / Charge rejected.

*It was 14 months old and had done 5000km. The cover was worn through to the padding on one side of the nose... However, I did expect the leather version to hold up longer than that - I've got Flites, for example, with several times that mileage on them and the leather is still intact...

So, comfy saddle for sure but they don't last too well and the leather / ti version isn't worth the £considerable uplift ime.

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Black (and Orange) Spoon, Orange Bike...
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Just ordered another to replace the chronically uncomfortable saddle on my new road bike. I think for the price/wear/comfort they are hard to beat.

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It's comfy. Cant be beat for the price.

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Hurts my arse on longer rides though, for those I have a longer post with a specialized BG saddle.

No custom ones yet?

I've got a Spoon and 2 Knives, and my missus has a Ladle. All good 🙂

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Considered a custom one for my new (Foxy XR) build in progress but decided if I was going custom I'd want Ti and Leather, and given what I'm spending on other, more complex bits - I'm not quite ready to spend £120 on a saddle mostly just to get a black Charge logo. So I bought a standard Ti/Leather one for £50 and I'm going to sandpaper the red logo back to black instead.

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New red one

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