Looking for a light saddle at a reasonable price....
Rcartes
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I'm looking for a saddle that's under 150g, but can't so far find anything at a price I'm prepared to pay.
The Charge Knife is a shade over 200g for £45, and the Ritchey Pro Streem Saddle V2 is around the same price and weight, but to go down below this seems to need a big jump in price. So, for example, to get one at 135g you have to pay over £100 for a Selle Italia SLR Fibra or go to £124 for a Selle Italia SLR Kit Carbonio at 125g.
What I'd like is a saddle that's at or near the 150g mark for a more reasonable price, say around £60-£70: does anyone know if such a thing exists?
The Charge Knife is a shade over 200g for £45, and the Ritchey Pro Streem Saddle V2 is around the same price and weight, but to go down below this seems to need a big jump in price. So, for example, to get one at 135g you have to pay over £100 for a Selle Italia SLR Fibra or go to £124 for a Selle Italia SLR Kit Carbonio at 125g.
What I'd like is a saddle that's at or near the 150g mark for a more reasonable price, say around £60-£70: does anyone know if such a thing exists?
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also this too:
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/SAS ... low-saddle
Getting the right saddle is more important than the weight though.0 -
Rcartes wrote:What I'd like is a saddle that's at or near the 150g mark for a more reasonable price, say around £60-£70: does anyone know if such a thing exists?
is this for a show bike - or do you actually plan to ride it..??
if you plan to ride it, I would be inclined to use a slightly different selection criteria - ie one that rates saddles by comfort, not weight. Your arrse will thank you for it...0 -
I think reddragon's last point was the salient one, it matters not whether a saddle is light or not - it matters whether it makes your botty sore... also will you be using it for road or TT ?? this may narrow your options...
only thing I can suggest is to get on weight weenies, they may know where to get bargains"I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
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Thanks for the advice so far, folks. One thing I should perhaps have said: this is definitely more for 'show' than for serious riding - in other words, I will actually be riding the bike concerned (it won't be hanging on the wall.....) but it's not one I'll use for long rides
. Hence my criteria are weight and price but not comfort: for those bikes I use my Brooks saddles. 0 -
Specialized Toupe. 150g, comes in both black and white, and is really comfortable too. Shop around and you can get them for less than £70 (nearly new ones regularly go for less than £30-40 on ebay). Make sure you get your bum measured though so you know which width to get.0
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System wrote:Specialized Toupe. 150g, comes in both black and white, and is really comfortable too. Shop around and you can get them for less than £70 (nearly new ones regularly go for less than £30-40 on ebay). Make sure you get your bum measured though so you know which width to get.
Sounds a good bet, thank you. But, er, how do I measure my bum? That is, what are the critical dimension(s)?0 -
Sorry. The critical dimension is the width between your sit bones. The saddles come in 130mm or 143mm wide. Any specialized dealer will have a little gel pad that you sit on which will leave indentations from your sit bones.0
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Great, thank you very much.
This is my first post on this forum and I'm very impressed: excellent, swift advice from a number of people. Good work!
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