29er Specific Saddle! Really?

[Super Sywurm]

Hey, why not see how many peeps are interested and start selling 29er specific water bottles, can hold a litre instead of 750 mls......okay, they probably already have camelbacks ....

 

But by the time all the 29er specifics are added I guess that could add a kilo or 2 extra weight as well.

 

My gloves is 29er specific!!!

[NINER_boy]

Or yoou could just buy a zero offset seat pillar and carry on using your favourite saddle.

 

I love people that fix a problem that never existed.

 

Hi Eldron

 

A recent post on the hub had a rider, 1.98m tall and on a XL frame, WITH a 0deg offset post that needed 10mm fore movement of his saddle, and that is recommended after 3x professional bike setups done.

 

So maybe, in the odd case a need

[VeloErv]

Or yoou could just buy a zero offset seat pillar and carry on using your favourite saddle.

 

I love people that fix a problem that never existed.

I think this saddle was co-developed with Cannondale, after feedback from fitment centers that the zero offset still left a big enough gap on the pedal drop line to be addressed

[nolipoli]

Or yoou could just buy a zero offset seat pillar and carry on using your favourite saddle.

 

I love people that fix a problem that never existed.

 

Well, what you may not have considered is that for peeps using dropper posts, there is no Zero offset option.

 

I like the idea of a more adjustable saddle, but calling it 29er specific is just garbage.

[Eldron]

Hi Eldron

 

A recent post on the hub had a rider, 1.98m tall and on a XL frame, WITH a 0deg offset post that needed 10mm fore movement of his saddle, and that is recommended after 3x professional bike setups done.

 

So maybe, in the odd case a need

 

Agreed. With nolipoli too.

 

Call it a "ultra forward saddle" or "super adjustable" saddle. Jumping on the 29er bandwagon just makes my spidey sense go crazy.

[GhostSixFour]

This will go well with my 29er specific bottle cage screws.

[VeloErv]

 

 

Agreed. With nolipoli too.

 

Call it a "ultra forward saddle" or "super adjustable" saddle. Jumping on the 29er bandwagon just makes my spidey sense go crazy.

It will be called Thar. Bikerumor called it "the 29R specific".....

[T-Bob]

Well, what you may not have considered is that for peeps using dropper posts, there is no Zero offset option.

 

Do you really need a dropper post on a 29er? I didn't think jeep tracks, fire trails, tarmac and Porters markets got that hairy.

[Big H*]

Hogwash though out by a ponytail while in the toilet. Maybe the new saddle will roll easier over obstacles when on a twentie naainer.

 

What people will think out to make you believe your choice is the correct one and abandon your earlier proud item baffles my mind.

[Gandalf]

Happens all the time on dh bikes. Getting a setup where the seat doesn't buzz the tire when you bottom the suspension is a major ball ache if you are a short @rse like me

 

I thought that's what it was. I guess i will have that problem too if i did dh

[johannrissik]

It's called Thar and I know why.

 

It's an old whaling term (thar she blows) and they use it quite specifically in the case of this saddle.

 

They are not so obliquely referring to some, I think the term is, lump-of-blubber-with-too-much-money-and-not-enough-brain, as in "let's see if we can harpoon another bunch of them into buying this saddle".

 

And I have no doubt they will succeed.

[Eldron]

It will be called Thar. Bikerumor called it "the 29R specific".....

 

Singletrackworld and a few others are also calling it "29er specific" so my guess would be that Fizik released it at Eurobike using that term.

 

Either way - more choice is good. If it gets people at the end of the bell curve into a comfy position then great.

[igknot]

I want to pay extra for 29er specific helmet.

[nolipoli]

Do you really need a dropper post on a 29er? I didn't think jeep tracks, fire trails, tarmac and Porters markets got that hairy.

 

Think 29er Enduro bikes (like the new Niner WFO 9 below). I hate that they have become so capable...

 

[NINER_boy]

Agreed. With nolipoli too.

 

Call it a "ultra forward saddle" or "super adjustable" saddle. Jumping on the 29er bandwagon just makes my spidey sense go crazy.

 

+1

[igknot]

15 years ago: Everybody was Scuba diving.

Lots of peripheral toys that you must have.

 

Now: Everybody is mountain biking.

Lots of peripheral toys that you must have.

 

The one with the most toys win - That other guy.