road saddle on mtb

[Vivster]

HI

 

I was wondering if you can use a road saddle on a mtb?

Anybody here who does that, let me know what you think?

[DawieO]

yep.  Rode a Fizik Arione on my MTB for quite a while.

 

I always try to have the same saddle on MTB and Road bike.  The nethers don't take kindly to change.

[Vivster]

Makes sense. I'm quite new to mountain biking. I ride a Scott Aspect and my sadlle is showing to much wear and tear now, so I'm looking in the direction of a Fizik or Selle

[Iwan Kemp]

Yeah, you can do it. MTB saddles have different shape for a couple of reasons and if you ride big stuff or quite aggressively you might wanna try a MTB specific saddle, but nothing wrong with a road saddle on a MTB.

 

 

 

Know a couple of guys who do.

[Bionic man]

As long as it's not a carbon saddle. I have a road saddle on my MTB that I use for commuting etc.

[jmaccelari]

I use a Selle Italia SLR (the 127/135?g one) on my road bike and the

exact same one on my MTB. I'm used to it and it's a fantastic

saddle (for me), so I don't see why I should use an MTB

"specific" saddle.

 

I have done many 100km+ rides, races, the Epic and

Sabie Experience on it - and usually with less problems

than guys with softer MTB saddles. It's as hard as a rock,

but it means my butt slides over the saddle, rather than

sticking to it causing problems. For multi day races, this is

a massive help.

 

It was hell to get used to at first, but now I don't feel it at all.

 

Once your butt is used to a saddle, I don't reckon road or MTB

makes any difference.

 

The one provision I have is that I don't use the Carbonio version

on the MTB (carbon rails) as this is not recommended by SI. I use

the titanium rail version.

 

[AndreZA]

I have same saddle on both my bikes. So no reason why not. Well maybe for the scuff guards.