How long do you keep a saddle?

[derrick]

Had my Sela Italia saddle for about three years, roughly 21000 miles, It;s started feeling a bit uncomfatable lately, It looks like it may have stretched a bit, Or it could be my backside has lost some padding, (my arse is getting skinier) Have been trying a couple of different saddles over the last week or so. The verict is still out on the Specialized Power Expert Saddle, Have got a Selle Italia Novus Boost Superflow Saddle with Carbon Rails to try over the weekend,
So how often do people change there saddles?

 

[Drago]

Until the smell becomes unbearable.

 

[Pale Rider]

Until the smell becomes unbearable.

Or until the lass who owns it gets you arrested.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Until the smell becomes unbearable.

We don't all use roadkill for saddles.

 

[Sharky]

Went through many saddles in the early years, then bought a bike from Ribble in 1994 and it happened to have a San Marco Regal on it. Still using it and I have bought the same saddles for my other 3 bikes.

 

[I like Skol]

The Charge Spoon saddle on my commuter is about 7-8yrs old and covered approx 21k which is a coincidence. In the last 12 months has been slightly uncomfortable but is getting better again now. I think the uncomfortable period was a result of a big injury sustained early in 2018 but it seems to be ok now so will continue to use it.

 

[tyred]

I have bikes from the '30s which possibly have the original Brooks saddle still fitted.

 

[numbnuts]

If it ain't bust why fix it

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Had my Sela Italia saddle for about three years, roughly 21000 miles, It;s started feeling a bit uncomfatable lately, It looks like it may have stretched a bit, Or it could be my backside has lost some padding, (my arse is getting skinier) Have been trying a couple of different saddles over the last week or so. The verict is still out on the Specialized Power Expert Saddle, Have got a Selle Italia Novus Boost Superflow Saddle with Carbon Rails to try over the weekend,
So how often do people change there saddles?

About every 50,000km or so...

 

[hoopdriver]

My Brooks saddles are decades old and going along just fine.

 

[Ian H]

My old Brooks Professionals finally became uncomfortably out-of-shape after about thirty years. A newer model was of lesser quality, so I've gone for Berthoud saddles. One advantage of these is that every part is available separately, including the leather.

 

[Globalti]

Why would you change a saddle? Synthetic saddles don't stretch.

 

[postman]

Bought my Brooks saddle November 1987,it's lovely and i have a Charge Spoon on my mountain bike also lovely forgotten when i bought that.

 

[HLaB]

I've burst multiple Fizik Ariones (they all came apart at the nose stitching but were replaced under warranty) but the Spezialised Avatar which was on my best bike (x2) 12 years ago is still on my winter bike at a educated guess its done around 55,000miles and the original saddles are still on my triban commuter and hybrid in my folks garage. In summary, only if a saddle breaks will I replace it

 

[CXRAndy]

Im just possibly transitioning from Adamo to Selle Italia superflow. I began to find last year my Adamo became uncomfortable for no real reasons, so I bought the Selle.
So far its promising with hour rides very comfortable.