End to sore end

MrT
MrT Posts: 260
edited January 2008 in Workshop
Am planning to ride this in summer but am sorely thinking of getting a new saddle now. 100 miles per day on racing not touring bike, so need something good. i know this is all down to prsonal preference but any advice gratefully received. :)

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  • KeithG
    KeithG Posts: 1,010
    Ebay is a good place to pick up cheap saddles that you can then try and out and resell if they don't work out. Quite a few folk seem to do this and there are usually a number of saddles on the go.
    Otherwise I'd recommend the Fizik Arione and I've heard good reports about their Pave saddle too.
    Personally my favourite saddle is a Brooks Swallow but that's such a personal choice and a bit of a gamble too, not everyone gets along with a leather saddle.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Don't worry about it. At 100 miles a day you won't be riding for more than a couple of weeks at a time, unless you're a pro. In which case, you can ask your team doctor for
    some advice. I just have to ask. To what end, other than total exhaustion, are you
    going to try and ride 100 per day?

    Dennis Noward
  • aztecboy
    aztecboy Posts: 384
    Selle San Marco Rolls Saddle for me, most comfortable saddle I have ever had.
    It will also be doing the End to End in September.
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... s%20Saddle

    Ted
    aztecboy
  • MrT
    MrT Posts: 260
    Thanks for advice...i remeber the brooks leather..i had one on my first racer a raleigh rapide. Have seen the fizike: scarely long and pointed and worried about numb nuts syndrome.
  • MrT
    MrT Posts: 260
    Thanks for advice...i remeber the brooks leather..i had one on my first racer a raleigh rapide. Have seen the fizike: scarely long and pointed and worried about numb nuts syndrome.
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    i think that the saddle choice is very personal - I have a specialized Toupe which I am very happy with although it looks like a torture device. I believe that, for men at least, the key is in the design not the padding. you need a saddle that holds you by the sit-bone and not the soft material surrounding. a cut out is recommended to relieve pressure on the old-boy but again, a lot of people don't like cut-out saddles. you need to try a few I suppose and it aint going to be cheap!

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