Need a new saddle

[jowwy]

A new saddle - i'm finding that the charge spoon is ok for the first 20ish miles, but after that it's pretty lethal

What to get though

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Saddles are a really difficult thing to recommend as one persons comfy sofa of a saddle will be anothers instrument of torture.

For what it's worth, I found the same with the Spoon: uncomfy after 20 miles, unbearable after 40 and it was preventing me from attempting longer rides. I took a risk on a Brooks B17 which isn't perfect and does take time to break in, but I was able to do my first century on it last summer.

For the knockabout bike I've gone for a Spa Nidd which is a copy of the B17. I've not done many miles yet (220 when writing this) but I already find it more comfy than the Spoon.

 

[vickster]

Get your bum measured by Specialized. They also do loan saddles for 30 days

The Selle Italia saddles have their fans

 

[Linford]

Get your bum measured by Specialized. They also do loan saddles for 30 days

The Selle Italia saddles have their fans

Have done this..go sit on their arseometer. Mine was one of the cheaper ones they do, but recommended and just right

 

[JoeyB]

I went Spesh Toupe Plus

Same as this but 155mm version http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/pr...gclid=CP7N98batLsCFWvpwgod8ikAsQ#.Uq7tEvRdWxU

 

[jowwy]

Saddles are a really difficult thing to recommend as one persons comfy sofa of a saddle will be anothers instrument of torture.

For what it's worth, I found the same with the Spoon: uncomfy after 20 miles, unbearable after 40 and it was preventing me from attempting longer rides. I took a risk on a Brooks B17 which isn't perfect and does take time to break in, but I was able to do my first century on it last summer.

For the knockabout bike I've gone for a Spa Nidd which is a copy of the B17. I've not done many miles yet (220 when writing this) but I already find it more comfy than the Spoon.

i have been looking at the brooks b17 and might take a punt on it - they are pretty sellable if it doesnt work out

 

[jowwy]

Get your bum measured by Specialized. They also do loan saddles for 30 days

The Selle Italia saddles have their fans

done that vickster - need a 155 saddle which is why i'm struggling with the charge

 

[vickster]

Ah get a 155 saddle then? Perhaps second hand specialized from eBay? I am 155 too, you must also have womanly hips

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I'm one of those Selle Italia fans
Got an SL a few years ago.
I'm looking for an MTB saddle now and finding it hard to part with a tatty Specialized BG.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

i have been looking at the brooks b17 and might take a punt on it - they are pretty sellable if it doesnt work out

They are indeed. Second hand ones always seem to sell really quickly when they are offered in the classifieds on here.

On the other hand you could be one of those annoying people who find it comfy straight out of the box.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm a long time B17 user. I bought a bike from Spa in Harrogate and got it with the default saddle, a Passport Navigator (reviewed here). The Spa guy said they were the cheapest decent saddle they could find and that most people ordered a different one, or fitted their own - which is what I intended to do. Anyway I've found that I actually prefer it to my B17, and it has stayed on the bike. At £18 you could give it a bash, although I don't expect it to last for a long time.

But as noted above, saddle preferences are so personal as to make my waffle pretty much meaningless.

 

[HLaB]

Saddles are very personal thing and the one that looks the worst can be the best (like my Fizik Alliante). FWIW I didn't get on with my Selle Italia but thats perhaps it was a solid design rather than having a cut out.

 

[bikepacker]

I have tried over a 100 different saddles in the last few years in search of utopia and haven't found it yet. At the moment I am using one of these http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/sqlab-602-limited-edition-active-touring-leather-saddle.145024/ which does seem better than most for my longer rides (50ish miles a day).

 

[Dogtrousers]

As Jerome K Jerome famously wrote (and I think someone here has, or recently had, as their sig) "There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made out of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard." linky http://www.classicbookshelf.com/library/jerome_k_jerome/three_men_on_the_bummel/2/

 

[biggs682]

@jowwy have a look at selle smp's range