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Price isn't really a factor, just life span, looks and abilty to hold a 15-16 stone person 🙂
Thanks!
SDG Bel air!
Xc and am now thats just too much of a contradiction......
Charge spoon or sdg Bel air
But in the end just one that fits your arse
Saddles are a VERY personal thing. I prefer the quite rigid Funn Skinny RL seats.
The old gel flow selli italia flites are good, the ones with a split in.
Combined with a USE titanium seatpost it is quite a springy combination, as the titanium rails on the saddle have elastomer mounts into the saddle.
[i]"Saddles are a VERY personal thing."[/i]
That just about sums it up.
I didn't particularly like my SDG. I saw a lot of people endurance racing on a Fizik Gobi so tried one. It's what I use for 12 hour solo racing now.
I find a Charge Spoon OK too.
You're not really going to know what suits you until you've sat on it for a couple of hours.
About 14-15st here and do all-dayers on my fizik gobi no worries, as mentioned previously often cheap for sale on here because a lot don't get on with them and they come on a lot of high spec bikes like lapierre.
I have a Charge spoon on AM bike and Belair on XC bike. The Charge spoon suits my butt more than the Belair.
Being such a personal item, its can be hard to find a comfy saddle, but I would start at a Charge spoon as they are relatively cheap and most get on with them
SDG Ti-Fly - looks like a razor, but soooo comfy, especially with titanium rails.
i love the Spesh Phenom, looks like a razor but is oh so comfy - at least for me 🙂
I've always liked WTB. The 1 that came on my Yeti is good & the Volt looks alright as well.
Your going to have to try to see what works for you as said above, bel-air and gobi on my bikes at the mo.
Whichever fits yer arse best? 🙄
See I'm coming from an SDG Bel Air, just thought there might be things out there that I've not experienced that I'm missing out on 🙂
I did once run a Gobi XM I think, but snapped it landing a jump very badly. Might have another look into that option 🙂
Charge Spoon and SDG Bel Air seem to be fairly safe bets I get on well with them meself. Madison Flux is indistinguishable from the Spoon
Max Flite and Prologo Vertigo Max also most excellent for the err...larger gentleman
Also have a Chromag Lynx and a carbon Selle Italia SLR on other bikes. The Chromag is fabulous - stylish and comfortable - but not exactly svelte. The SLR looks like a lightly padded razor blade but is surprisingly comfortable - all the flex is in the shell and the rails.
I've tried a fair few but keep coming back to the Gobi XM - just seems to work for me.
I really want to try a Prologo but haven't found a local dealer with one to try
If the Bel Air works, stick with that? If you want a bit lighter bling go for the Ti railed one.
I have tried loads, the one that doesn't ruin me is a Selle Italia SLR 165. It looks lethal, but my arse fits it fine.