Saddles

[Chubba]

Have a Fizik Airone saddle on my road bike that i find very uncomfortable. After 40 mins, my frank and beans go numb and my ass feels battered.

 

What other saddles are good?

Edited March 7, 2011 by Chubba

[Paddaman]

that saddle needs some extra specil set up. THE nose must be horizontal to the ground and the back of the saddle should flare up a little bit. Either that or numb nuts

[Santa C]

saddle not the issue...Your positioning might be wrong??

 

Saying that the same thing happens when I used a gobi xm...But others said my saddle position was wrong too.

[Chubba]

have been for a set up, but will have a look at the position again.

[b-unit]

Spez Romin works for me.

[RacerX]

I tried the Arione too but hated it - seems to have a too-high central ridge that nailed my chommie. SLR did it for me in the end - regular on my MTB and XP on my road bike. Oh, and recently I'm very happy on a Gobi XM on my rigid SS.

Edited March 7, 2011 by RacerX

[The_Break]

Selle San Marco Aspide is a ridiculously nice and comfortable saddle for me.

[Fast Batard]

charge spoon, really good

[Me-rider]

Is it really possible for any saddle to be comfortable after a few hours and multiple days?

 

I definitely agree that some designs are better than others but I can't see how any saddle can help too much once you have been bouncing around on rocks, roots and corrugated roads on a hard tail?

 

If such a saddle exist please let me know because I want to go and buy it!

 

Excuse the ignorance, I have only been riding for about a year.

[VroomSL]

Specialized toupe - best saddle I had. After first ride you'll know. Better still specialized provides free test saddles from bike shops. Try it for a few rides to test it befor you buy.

[Delgado]

I find the Arione's a bit like Monty Python! You either love them or hate them...............

[Chubba]

Got a Specialized Avatar, taking it back. Going to try find the same saddle as the one on my MTB. Can sit on that for 4hrs plus no hassle.

[The_Break]

Is it really possible for any saddle to be comfortable after a few hours and multiple days?

 

I definitely agree that some designs are better than others but I can't see how any saddle can help too much once you have been bouncing around on rocks, roots and corrugated roads on a hard tail?

 

If such a saddle exist please let me know because I want to go and buy it!

 

Excuse the ignorance, I have only been riding for about a year.

 

Here is my 2c worth. To put it in perspective I spent last year cycling fulltime and often had weeks up to 900km/week. Purely road riding, but the time in the saddle is what counts.

 

When I buy a saddle I concentrate on two things:

 

As little padding as possible

Saddle must only touch my two sitting bones and no other area of my crotch.

 

The reasoning behind this is that when you buy a very cushioned saddle, which toches in more areas and you add a nice thick shammy to that, what happens, especially if you have too much flab, is that everything gets compressed and that is when the discomfor and irritation starts.

 

Riding a hard saddle that only touches you sitting bones can only irritate two small circle of skin under the sitting bones and very much like the skin of your elbows (pinch it to test) you will have no feeling in them after enough riding. The nerves seem to stop transmitting. If I pinch these two areas on my butt I feel nothing just like my elbows. Once took a 4 month forced break and they actually started to feel again. A few weeks of riding and you should have no more problems. Trick is finding a saddle that fits your ass like described. For me, it is the Selle San Marco Aspide.

 

Anyway, that is what worked really well for me and I have enjoyed many years of riding without any saddle discomfort whatsoever.