What is it about tri saddles that makes them different...

vermooten
vermooten Posts: 2,697
edited November 2007 in Workshop
... to ordinary road saddles? Are they a different shape?

Cheers,
Andy
You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

Manchester Wheelers

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  • wildmoustache
    wildmoustache Posts: 4,010
    more padding on the nose.
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    aha - is that so you can lean foreward a bit more without damaging the goods?
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    A few people I know have given up on them because they're too soft - they then cause more pressure on the soft tissue. I prefer something like a normal Arione - plenty of flat area to spread the load.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    If I'm in the wrong position on the road I get "absent knob syndrome", and I expect that having to lean forward onto said soft tissue in a tri bike can only make such a situation worse. Am getting my loveley new tri bike in a few weeks, will have to experiment.
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    Some (like the selle italia SLR T1) have a wider, longer nose with a bit more padding. Its not that much softer from the spesh BG saddles that I use for noormal riding. I cant finish a 25 on a road saddle, whereas I comfortably did a 100 using the T1 last year.
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  • Captain Fagor
    Captain Fagor Posts: 739
    Mabye some triathlon saddles also make allowances material-wise for the rider being wet at the start of the ride?

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