Selle Italia Flite Max Gel Flow Saddle

Ramanujan
Ramanujan Posts: 352
edited May 2008 in Workshop
Hi,

Has anyone had any experience of one of these saddles?
Any positive or negative feedback?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... w%20Saddle

I've always used Selle Italia and find them ok. At the moment I'm using an Oktavia. Thought the Flite might be a step up in comfort.


thanks
R

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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Yes, I had an older version of it maybe 5 years ago. The cutout worked well and I had
    very little, if any numbness. Very comfortable. Can't fault it. Well, it was a bit on the heavy side but I didn't care. Not a weight weenie saddle. I'm not using one now because
    I tend to kind of experiment and try new things. So these days I'm using a sit bone type
    without a cutout. It's OK, not any better or worse than the Max Flite, just different. I have
    also tried the Flite gel with cutout and liked it. None of them have been lounge chairs
    though.

    dennis noward
  • Ramanujan
    Ramanujan Posts: 352
    So these days I'm using a sit bone type
    without a cutout. It's OK, not any better or worse than the Max Flite,
    Hi,

    So what saddle do you use now, out of interest?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Ramanujan wrote:
    So these days I'm using a sit bone type
    without a cutout. It's OK, not any better or worse than the Max Flite,
    Hi,

    So what saddle do you use now, out of interest?

    It's called E3 form gel. It's sort of a USA thing in that it's a Perfomance Bike Catalog
    branded item. probably not available across the pond.

    Dennis Noward
  • kant314
    kant314 Posts: 79
    I'm thinking of one of those flite saddles too.
    anyone else used one.
    they look nice
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    I've got one of the normal gel flow flites (without cutout) - I'm undecided yet on how good it is - I haven't done enough miles on it yet.
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  • Ericx25
    Ericx25 Posts: 2
    edited May 2008
    I have the FLITE gel flow on 2 bikes.
    I have used it recently for some touring on a folding bike in Laos and I love it !
    Look at the SECOND pic http://www.dramaix.com

    (20" wheels can be very unconfortable, especially when you spend 11 hours on your bike but I had no problem with the new Flite gel flow)

    Yesterday I borrowed a test saddle from my LBS : the Flite MAX gel flow. I have ridden it for 4 hours only.
    So far no big difference...but I am going to do more testing
  • Ramanujan
    Ramanujan Posts: 352
    cool..thanks :D

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