Saddle upgade

bradford

I have decided to upgrade my non descript saddle to something better for around £40.I want one to be a good allrounder for long or short rides.Any ideas?

Stewwmb

Charge spoon is a good one at about £25 I'm sure lots will agree.

gaff_taff

+1 For the spoon

Da Mighty Chicken

SDG Bel Air

Bargain here from Merlin: http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/bicycle-saddles-fizik-wtb-selle-italia-sdg-brooks-bike-saddles/sdg-bike-saddles/sdg-bel-air-r-l.html

RealMan

Unless youre actually uncomfortable with your saddle, or its falling to pieces, dont bother.

Else, charge spoon gets a lot of good reviews, and so do sdg bel airs (which is what I'm using at the moment, I suppose its comfortable..)

snotty badger

I've just bought a Charge Spoon Ti, yet to fit it but it does weigh in at 239g, thats a whole gram under their claimed weight 8)

KnightofCydonia

I have WTB Speed V Comp with Love Channel and Comfort Zone which came on it. It's not very comfortable at all!

uk_mr_brownstone

Stewwmb wrote:

Charge spoon is a good one at about £25 I'm sure lots will agree.

They are good but very firn=m. Love the one I've got but it's not great if you're in teh saddle 3hrs+ (I guess not many are unless you're using them every day and are used to it)

supersonic

bradford wrote:

I have decided to upgrade my non descript saddle to something better for around £40.I want one to be a good allrounder for long or short rides.Any ideas?

What is wrong with the one you have? Is this for your Ventura bike? I don't think spending 40 quid on a saddle for a 200 quid bike makes much sense really.

nicklouse

supersonic wrote:

bradford wrote:

I have decided to upgrade my non descript saddle to something better for around £40.I want one to be a good allrounder for long or short rides.Any ideas?

What is wrong with the one you have? Is this for your Ventura bike? I don't think spending 40 quid on a saddle for a 200 quid bike makes much sense really.

especially after spending £80ish on new cable disc brakes!

supersonic

Yeah, 320 quid is nearly a Carrera Kraken - 27 speed, hydro discs, hydro damped fork...

richg1979

i find the sdg bel air very good.

RealMan

supersonic wrote:

40 quid on a saddle for a 200 quid bike

:shock:

Northwind

Your arse is the same shape whether you're on a £200 or £5000 bike. There's other things to spend the money on but if you're riding it a lot, then what's wrong with having a good saddle? You don't need an expensive bike to go on long rides after all.

Anyhoo. I love my Spoon. I love my Knife as well, but that's just because I have a compatible bum, I don't doubt that the Knife could be an instrument of torture for some people "Like sitting on a razor blade". Spoon's a pretty safe bet, and a good price.

RealMan

Northwind wrote:

Your ars* is the same shape whether you're on a £200 or £5000 bike. There's other things to spend the money on but if you're riding it a lot, then what's wrong with having a good saddle? You don't need an expensive bike to go on long rides after all.

Agree completely, but after about £25 I think all you get is titanium/carbon bits and lighter parts in general. No point in getting a super light saddle for a £200 bike, when its not going to be any more comfortable then a cheaper saddle.

Northwind

Mmm. Fair point that. You can get comfy expensive saddles mind... But then, not much point with the Spoon to choose.

RealMan

Northwind wrote:

Mmm. Fair point that. You can get comfy expensive saddles mind... But then, not much point with the Spoon to choose.

What about those full carbon saddles theyre bringing out? Weigh next to nothing, but is just a lump of carbon. No padding at all.

Bring on the 5 inch thick chamois..

Northwind

Yeah, you save 50 grams on the saddle and have to wear 2 chamois in your shorts to compensate

The Spiderman

But saddle comfort is as much about saddle shape as the amount of padding.

andrewjoseph

brooks b17, best saddle i've ever tried. recently tried the Rido R2 (bought it for my wife as she was having 'problems'.

Neither of us could get on with the rido, just the wrong shape and size for mtb or road. Possibly fine if you have a very upright posture on the bike, but you can't put any power through it.

Anyway, brooks saddles, on my road and mtb bikes.

landranger

I changed to a spoon after trying to bed in my stock ex8 saddle.
I found it a revelation. Cheap too.

scotto

The Spiderman wrote:

But saddle comfort is as much about saddle shape as the amount of padding.

that is so true, have a wtb rocket with loads of padding and a fizik with bugger all padding and prefer the fizik, really good, looks the nuts as well.

paul.skibum

One more for the SDG Bel Air - I have a Bel Air TI on my hardtail and have just bought a non ti one for my full susser from Merlin - at £20 its hard to see how wrong that can go!