mtb saddle

[hagar]

I would like to get me a nice comfortable new Mtb saddle .

 

price range no more than 1k that is all Sweetie has budgeted for so what is out there .

 

any recomendations please !!!

 

thanks

 

[Willehond]

hagar, what saddle are you riding at the moment and does it work for you (road and mountainbike).  Saddles are very personal.  Give us more info.

[hagar]

the one on my Mtb now is a standard one that came with the silverback 2006 (model)but it gets a bit eina after a ride of about 3hrs .

 

my road bike has the specialized gel toupe which i find quite comfortable.

 

i would just like to know of the different makes that are available and which i could look at getting.

 

thanks WH

 

[hagar]

what I have found is that the saddle on my RC3000 roadbike is also very comfortable . sometimes i think it even more so than the one on my specialized .

maybe i should take it off and put it on the MTB ??? would that work ?

 

[DawieO]

There have been a couple of Fizik Gobi's on the classifieds.  In my opinion the best MTB seat ever made!

 

But, the bike-butt interface is a very personal thing...

[HomerSimpson]

Fizik Gobi, might be a little over 1K though?  Using a Fizik Nisene myself, very comfortable (most of my 40k + rides on the MTB are well over 3 hours )

[NC_lurker]

My new bike came with a SDG Bel Air and I'm very impressed with it. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8066

No problems at all on rides over 3hrs.

[hagar]

thanks !!! yea my butt is big i need the padding i got vermarc bib shorts that i ride with but my current saddle seems to cut through them and get to the tender spot 

 

i will look at the gobi's

 

[javadude]

Try a Body Geometry saddle from specialized. I went for a 143mm saddle on my road bike and it made a huge difference. Not sure what the MTB version is called but i'm sure they have some in the < 1K bracket.

[hagar]

this is a pic of my current saddle

 

 

 

[Ox_Wagon]

The SDG Bel Air work for me and the upside is that you can pick them up at most bike shops for around R250 because they come as OE on a lot of bikes and the buyers the ?Upgrade? and the LBS is the stuck with them. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

I am tempted to get me one of these for obvious reasons

 

 

Does anybody know where I can find one of them.  

 

[Goodbadugly]

Fizik Gobi for me

[dylankeyter]

Fizik Nisene.

[Danger Dassie]

Ox Wagon, you can try Mikes Bikes in Greenside.

[Racer X]

I'm an Selle Italia SLR man down to the hilt, again personal choice. Check out the Spech Phenom gels, I think they come in at around the 800 rand mark. 130 - 143 widths.

[dylankeyter]

 

I'm an Selle Italia SLR man down to the hilt' date=' again personal choice. Check out the Spech Phenom gels, I think they come in at around the 800 rand mark. 130 - 143 widths. [/quote']

 

I am on the same boat, except I can't afford an SLR so I use the Giant 'Carbon" generic which works fine for me!