Essax "up your bum" saddle

[montage]

https://m.facebook.com/probikekit/p...8743/10152994888168744/?type=1&source=46&fs=5

Well then... What can be made of this???

 

[Slioch]

Cycling's equivalent of a gimp mask perhaps? Is it from their S&M range of cycling accessories?

 

[Turbo Rider]

Skidmarks ahoyyyyyyyy

 

[MontyVeda]

 

[Diggs]

I think it takes the idea from the saddle on Mr Garrison's IT bike from South Park
N(especially)SFW

 

[winjim]

Prevents hip roll enabling more power transfer from the quadriceps?

 

[Gasman]

I once raced a girl who had a saddle like that.






She came first.


I'll get my coat.

 

[fossyant]

Yikes. Instant castration if you sit down too quick.

 

[EltonFrog]

I once raced a girl who had a saddle like that.






She came first.


I'll get my coat.

And don't come back!<slams door>

 

[Diggs]

I'll stick with my B17.

Actually that's where they got the idea from

 

[Drago]

For the love of God this is NSFW!


View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3z8gXL6PmUI


Listen from 2:00 onwards.

 

[byegad]

One of the best reasons to ride recumbents I've seen.

 

[Kestevan]

I'll stick with my B17.

So the choice is a saddle designed to make sitting down as uncomfortable as possible unless you meet it's exact specifications and perform the correct archaic rituals......
or an Essax....

no thanks.

 

[fossyant]

Whoever wrote a 'blog' about the saddle is quite serious about them. I just re-tweeted Cycling Weekly's post and got a 'look at my blog' reply.

You aren't supposed to ride on the nose, nor towards the back. Well that just buggers it up completely ? Move towards the nose when on the nail and spinning (fixed especially) and towards the back when descending. I'd not like a ruddy fin stuck up, as when you're coming back into the saddle after a sprint or accelleration, you aren't exactly aiming your rear at an exact spot on the saddle.

It claims it keeps you more centralised ? Never had that issue, also introduces more friction points IMHO. You certainly couldn't sit upright with it.

That said, it may have saved me from a trip to the docs for the snip if I'd used one ! Might have been less painful !!!

 

[fossyant]

Quote the Cycling Weekly review

The Essax Shark saddle is an interesting concept and certainly makes you concentrate more on keeping your hips straight in the saddle.

It's not keeping hips straight that I'd be worried about !