Mo1959
Legendary Member
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- Perthshire,Scotland
I have wasted an absolute fortune on trying different saddles. I think the best so far, but still not perfect is the Selle Italia Diva Gel flow so be as well just to stick with them.
Saddles
- Thread starter Dan77
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raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Ah, but which one. I don't find my B17 that comfy, don't get me wrong it's OK but my B17n and B5n are more suited to my rear.
Of the others I own it'd be difficult to separate them in terms of 'long term' comfort as they're on bikes I don't ride for more than about 3 hours on those.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Get your sit bones measured (eg Bontrager do this and have a colour coded system for different widths which then applies across their range) and take it from there.
It really doesn't matter what anyone else finds comfortable unless their bum is pretty much identical to yours.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
My latest is an 80's B66 Champion bought from @biggs682 of this parish, lovely saddle in 'as new' condition.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
My latest is an 80's B66 Champion bought from @biggs682 of this parish, lovely saddle in 'as new' condition.
Glad you're enjoying it ☺️
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
Yep, I've revised my initial opinion of it though. At first it looked barely used but I now think it had been ridden quite a bit but looked after really well.
- Location
- London
I'd measure the key dimensions and then look for others that are similar. After that it's just a matter of an appropriate level of padding I think. And ones that are the right dimensions but prove too hard can be compensated for to a certain extent by different levels of clothing padding. Works, or eventually did, for me. Ebay can be good for experimenting with saddles - lots of barely used saddles - just sell on ones that prove unsuitable - via forums to cut sale fees.
(Diva a damn odd name - doesn't imply a relaxed ride to me - more like a histrionic death scene)
- Location
- London
Praps in the interests of practical science and fellow forumite help a split-screen thread of saddles and arses should be started.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
My other half has spent a small fortune on saddles, She ended up with one of these on all her bikes, https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bi...p-trk-medium-160mm-saddle---black-589629.html
That looks a nice saddle. Bit heavy but that's a small price to pay for comfort. My hybrid bike has a similar width saddle with a cutout and has been great.
Rusty Nails
We remember
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- Living in the slow lane
I was looking at those in Halfords last week. Nice looking saddle.
Has anyone tried the saddles from 3 West Design? They look intriguing (and more than a little odd!).
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
Price means nothing with saddles. One of my most comfortable ones came off a skip Apollo MTB and was so battered I had to bind it up with duct tape to keep the padding inside. I think I've had 3 years out of it so far and the bike it came from was probably early 90's vintage.
Another good one I use on my Raleigh Royal is a Selle Italia touring job that came off a 99p eBay donor bike. I don't think I've actually ever bought a saddle by itself in well over 45 years of bike ownership. I've always used what came with a bike, or what I've swapped from another one. If I was purchasing one new I would take a punt on the Wittkop branded ones sold by Lidl in their cycling promotions. Despite them costing less than £8, I have had these recommended to me by three other riders who have bought them just to try because they were cheap enough, and then found they were better than much more expensive saddles!
MntnMan62
Über Member
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- Northern NJ
I agree with the others who said saddles are a very personal thing. I used the stock saddle that came on my Motobecane (Taiwan) until I started seeing cracks in the outer casing. I then started reading lots of reviews online. I ended up settling on a Specialized Phenom Expert. One of the reviews I read indicated that it was the favorite saddle of a bunch of different riders in a comparison test. Other reviews on other sites were also mostly positive so I got it and put it on my road bike. Lately I've been wanting to get back on my mountain bike and the seat is also the original Schwinn seat that came with that bike. Since my butt seems to love this saddle, I didn't hesitate getting another one to put on the mountain bike. This way my butt doesn't have to get used to a different saddle on another bike. Now, the two most major contact points between me and my bikes, saddle and pedals, are the same on both bikes. I use Time ATAC Aliums on both and just wear mountain bike shoes no matter which bike I'm riding.
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