Drago
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The Spoon feels to me like sitting edge-on a splintered plank.
The Charge Scoop isn't too bad on my botty though.
The Charge Scoop isn't too bad on my botty though.
Now followed by more shock news: different cyclists prefer different saddles.Shock news: Bike shop owner says that £225 saddle is comfy.
I am all about the sprung saddle - I don't know why they aren't more common.
It's not very heavy - perhaps two bags of crisps more than it would be without the spring, and the spring force appears to suit my weight - you don't feel it move, you just know that everything feels smoother. It has never felt like a pogo stick - I think you are thinking of the mattress sprung saddles that used to be on Raleigh Shoppers?Weight, for one thing. Sprung saddles do tend to be a lot heavier than unsprung. This matters to some people, not to others.
And if you're pedalling hard, it will feel more like you're riding a pogo stick than a bike. Again, this may not matter to you if you're not interested in pedalling hard.
A sprung saddle would be a good choice for an upright 'Dutch' bike, maybe not such a great choice for a head-down racer.
I was never a fan of the Fizik saddle that came with the bike (an Arione, iirc)
True is that! The worst saddle I ever owned was a £300+ Brooks Swift Ti on my uber-commuter. It was nasty to my bum on day one and continued to be nasty for 3 solid years and 12,000km until a rail broke. I replaced it with a £40 Aliante from my parts bin.Just checked and it was an Aliante Kium, which has an RRP of £105, so it just goes to show that price is no guarantee that a saddle will be a good fit.
I think you are thinking of the mattress sprung saddles that used to be on Raleigh Shoppers?
I'm not the sort of person to spend the thick end of £80 on a saddle that I would actually have to maintain when I can get a lighter one that I can leave out in the rain while I'm at work for £1I was thinking of something like the Brooks B67, which weighs 850g.
To be fair, that's a wide leather hammock saddle (with the consequential fairly long extra rail along the back edge for the leather to be riveted to) and even the narrower and unsprung B17 weighs over 500g. At least you didn't go for the (sprung) B135 which tips the scales at over 1.6kg!I was thinking of something like the Brooks B67, which weighs 850g.
One pair of wire springs at the rear don't need to add much weight
Are there enough people who care about 200g to explain why saddle springs are not as common on utility/commuter bikes as @KneesUp and I think they should be, though?Probably enough to matter to people who care about that kind of thing though.
I spotted your mistake.True is that! The worst saddle I ever owned was a £300+ Brooks Swift Ti on my uber-commuter. It was nasty to my bum on day one and continued to be nasty for 3 solid years and 12,000km until a rail broke. I replaced it with a £40 Aliante from my parts bin.