Infinity seat - a new take on saddles

[deptfordmarmoset]

Nope, this is a saddle that goes against everything we think about saddles

Ha, yes, I was just thinking about that one. I spoke to the owner of one a few weeks back at Trinity Buoy Wharf while on a Sunday London ride. His reason for using a ''spongy wonder'' was his plumbing problems (I assume that's prostate, but there are certain details you don't go into when you're talking to a complete stranger). He said it had taken a long time to get used to it and there was a loss of stability caused by the lack of a nose, particularly when cornering.

On the other hand, he was a seasoned cyclist who was out on his bike when a standard saddle might have kept him indoors. The apparent wrongness of the design was its rightness for him.

I'd like to try an infinity seat because I'm intrigued.

 

[buggi]

personally i would just be sitting on fat not muscle... It would be like the play-doh factory ooozing through the saddle! Can you imagine the imprint on your ass when you got home!

 

[ayceejay]

oo-er I saw one of these for sale in the gay village but that was the weight weenie version the sodolite.

 

[sazzaa]

There are a good few women specific saddles on the market, which give proper support to the pelvic bones, and have a cut out to avoid pressure in the central area (thus not squashing the bits you would probably prefer not to be squashed). The idea of supporting on muscle (or fat in some cases!) has the possibility of leaving pelvis unsupported and eventually I would think this could cause all kinds of problems.
Big squishy saddles is probably not the answer, best thing is a bit of research and check out the real thing at a decent bike shop (i.e. not one beginning with Hal......) plus some physio advice. Women specific saddles are slightly wider at the back to support the wider female pelvis, and with the big increase of women cycling, choice will get bigger to match the market. Don't give up looking, but I can't see that this "invention" based on some very odd "science" will be any use.

Yeah I know all this, just trying to find a saddle that's comfy and not massive! Ordered a Selle Italia Lady X2 because it looked comfy and still fairly narrow so will see how that goes...

 

[Dogtrousers]

A few years on, Kajsa Tylen is riding about 700 miles a week on hers, and is quite happy with it. It's the latest chapter in a whole series of unsatisfactory saddles she's gone through.

A Year in the Saddle - Kajsa Tylen's 2016 Cycling WR Attempt

This is my new (ish) saddle, the Infinity Bike Seat. It's weird, but oh so comfortable! No pressure on the sit bones, all the pressure is distributed elsewhere. Thoroughly recommend it.

www.infinitybikeseat.com

 

[Fab Foodie]

I'm not riding one of those on the World Naked Bike Ride, no siree!

 

[fossyant]

Item of torture.

 

[Fab Foodie]

A few years on, Kajsa Tylen is riding about 700 miles a week on hers, and is quite happy with it. It's the latest chapter in a whole series of unsatisfactory saddles she's gone through.

A Year in the Saddle - Kajsa Tylen's 2016 Cycling WR Attempt

This is my new (ish) saddle, the Infinity Bike Seat. It's weird, but oh so comfortable! No pressure on the sit bones, all the pressure is distributed elsewhere. Thoroughly recommend it.

www.infinitybikeseat.com

Clearly she forgot it this day ....

 

[Dogtrousers]

She's been riding it for about a month I think.

 

[Fab Foodie]

She's been riding it for about a month I think.

Damn .....

 

[fossyant]

Well, she's in one piece, certainly not been riding round Manchester !

 

[Aravis]

A few years on, Kajsa Tylen is riding about 700 miles a week on hers, and is quite happy with it. It's the latest chapter in a whole series of unsatisfactory saddles she's gone through.

You could argue that Kajsa is about as untypical as it's possible to be, nearing the end of a monumental endurance event which she began with little background in extreme cycling. It makes sense that having not settled on a satisfactory conventional saddle, something which puts the pressure where it hasn't been before would inevitably be a big improvement, for a while at least. Another two months or so would be good!

 

[oldroadman]

A few years on, Kajsa Tylen is riding about 700 miles a week on hers, and is quite happy with it. It's the latest chapter in a whole series of unsatisfactory saddles she's gone through.

A Year in the Saddle - Kajsa Tylen's 2016 Cycling WR Attempt

This is my new (ish) saddle, the Infinity Bike Seat. It's weird, but oh so comfortable! No pressure on the sit bones, all the pressure is distributed elsewhere. Thoroughly recommend it.

www.infinitybikeseat.com

A very odd quote. The idea is to use the bones of the pelvis for prime support. This causes some slight compression of the tissue which every bike rider knows about, and which goes away very quickly with regular riding. Any other way - putting pressure elsewhere - eventually there will be problems...

 

[TheDoctor]

It's the Terry Liberator saddle again, isn't it?
Handy Hint.
If you think you've invented something, chances are you've done no research into prior art. There are very few new things, but a lot of things that came out a decade ago and were abandoned as being crap. They're still crap now.

 

[Dogtrousers]

They're still crap now.

Except in this instance. Which I thought was quite interesting.