Hmmmmm too good to be true

[NorvernRob]

@Fnaar



Where the rails meet the saddle at the rear it looks like they have been glued on . Im not sure if a genuine one is one piece of carbon or not but this was a messy looking job for a £500 saddle . It was also 20g heavier than selles stated weight . There was an imperfection on the top and the box was also fake .

Look at it another way, would you pay over £400 extra for a genuine one that looked a bit tidier and weighed 20 grams less?

A couple of mates have bought those carbon knock offs, the Selle San Marco ones. They looked identical to the really thing apart from they were about a tenth of the price, one of my mates is 110kg and it took his weight fine too.

 

[Cuchilo]

Look at it another way, would you pay over £400 extra for a genuine one that looked a bit tidier and weighed 20 grams less?

A couple of mates have bought those carbon knock offs, the Selle San Marco ones. They looked identical to the really thing apart from they were about a tenth of the price, one of my mates is 110kg and it took his weight fine too.

No I wouldn't have paid the extra £400 that's why I was looking for a second hand one on ebay . Now it seems I may have to pay full RRP if I want to get one as the market is flooded with fakes .
Good luck to your friends and I hope they don't get injured by their saddles . No one I showed the saddle I had too said they would ride on it .

 

[NorvernRob]

No I wouldn't have paid the extra £400 that's why I was looking for a second hand one on ebay . Now it seems I may have to pay full RRP if I want to get one as the market is flooded with fakes .
Good luck to your friends and I hope they don't get injured by their saddles . No one I showed the saddle I had too said they would ride on it .

There are thousands of fake carbon saddles of pretty much every description on Ebay as you've noticed, you'd think we'd be hearing regular stories of saddles breaking and injuries happening......

Personally I wouldn't use a fake either though, nor buy one.

I'm not sure what you meant with the rails being glued in, but this is a photo of a brand new Fizik Antares I've just bought (from Wiggle not Ebay!) and the rails are bonded in at the back, so if it looks like this I wouldn't be worried about safety.

 

[Cuchilo]

Im not sure the people that make fake goods use the same care and bonding process as Fizik or Selle