Hows your seat?

*pablo*

Hi all,looking to replace the saddle on my ride,its old and uncomfy,i am 6" 2 and weigh aprox 13 st anyone got a seat that is good for them that they could recomend,i would like to get something a little funky but i am not loaded,cheers

turpinr

charge spoon

Tutterz

also recommend the charge spoon

thepha5e

yeah charge spoon is great, or an sdg bel air

cooldad

Ditto

*pablo*

Cheers!!

Clank

Couldn't get on with either, so now running Selle Max Flites on all bikes that matter. Many folk can't get on with them either!

Best thing you can do is park your arse on a couple to find out what works for you.

I'll bet your bottom dollar (pun intended) your butt ain't the same as mine.

bennett_346

Madison Flux, same as the charge spoon but weighs less and costs the same.

DCR00

Spesh Toupe Team - looks like an instrument of torture, but actually v comfy

Rybes

madison flux for me with a pair of padded shorts and i dont feel uncomfy at all. im about same size n weight as you, jus a touch heavier

Northwind

Charge Spoon/Madison Flux/Gusset R (all variants of the same saddle)... Not because they're the best saddles in the world, but because they're cheap and for the Spoon especially the resale value is just a couple of quid less than the new price, if you hate it.

I really like my Charge Knifes. (nb no it doesn't pluralise to Knives) but I always feel like they could be absolute murder if you don't have a bum that's exactly the right shape. But despite being small, barely shaped, and almost unpadded it just works for me. I don't wear padded shorts either.

captainfly

What are you doing sitting down anyway?

It depends on what and how you are riding, non of my saddles are 'comfy' as such as I've got a jump bike and an All Marketing/FR bike.
Next you'll be saying you enjoy riding up hills 8) It is really hard to advise on what is a good saddle as it is so personal and subjective, had a look and see if you can try some.

Frodo1095

WTB Rocket V has been a great seat for me, fitted it on both my bikes

Raymondavalon

Frodo1095 wrote:

WTB Rocket V has been a great seat for me, fitted it on both my bikes

+ Potato on the Rocket saddles
Have these fitted to all 4 of my bikes, can ride perched on these all day long..

allthegearnoidea

have a spoon on the post i use for the tag along and a SDG bel air on the main post, both very comfy, bel air has more padding than the spoon, but costs twice as much, had to have it though as is aligator skin stylee!!! 8) 8) 8)
spoon will prolly creak after a year or so but still satys comfortable for long trek's, some good limited edition colours available too! cant really go wrong for Circa £20!!

h34e0f

My stock Genesis saddle is fantastic. I ride 100 miles a week on it (on and off road) with no trouble.

bluehelmet

Spesh Phenom.

Comfier than a very comfy thing with added pillows...

If you get the right width for your sit bones though.

EDIT: the MTB version with added padding like

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-BG- ... _25353.htm

ilovedirt

i have charge spoons on both my bikes now, nuff said

TowerRider

My next saddle was going to be a Charge Spoon because it is the one that always gets mentioned BUT I was wondering about Selle Italia SLR T1. The price is a lot different but can get it for £65 instead of £99. Any opinons?

Gazlar

I,m just under 6ft 2 and 13 stone 6 My shout as always goes out to the SDG aliso, quite simply the comfiest thing I've sat on thats not from DFS.

I have had a Selle SLR t1 on until recently, its a VERY firm saddle, nice big nose for climbing on which is fairly well padded, but can leave you a bit bumachey after rides.

Also the wipe clean finish is very love or hate, It looked cool on my bike IMHO but its not for everyone. I still have a white one I never got round to relisting, I can dig out the link in the classifieds if you were interested

CycloRos

charge spoon, looks slick, out performs it's price tag, what's not to like?

Clark3y

got a spoon a couple of weeks back, it's nice, impressed for the price.

thepha5e

Clank wrote:

Many folk can't get on with them either!

Best thing you can do is park your ars* on a couple to find out what works for you.

If only this was the crudcatcher....

Dick Scruttock

Fizik Gobi XM Klum. Superb saddle and amazing customer service.

CharlieH

Had charge spoon on HT and fizik gobi on full sus. Loved both of them. I only got rid of the spoon as someone on here was selling a new fizik gobi and I ended up doing a part ex as he was after a spoon

Get the spoon and sell it on if you're not happy with it

neil_sheehan2000

Personally, my Rocket V saddle is the comfiest saddle I've ever owned. I'm 6 foot 2 and 13 stone, but every ar*e is different.

diy

I have a WTB Laser SLT, its a bit firm, but I did 14 hours on it the other day with two pairs of padded shorts and it wasn't that painful after. I also have a speed on the wife's bike, which I think is more comfy.

The spesh toupe's are comfy too.

But there is a world of difference between a seat which is comfy for 2-3 hours and one that you can do 8-10 hours on.

Rich9

i bought a Charge Spoon a while back based on the recommendations on here. Bloody awful. Killed my jacksie. It got sold with the bike it was on. Now got a Velo (Boardman) saddle and its great. Everyones ar$s is different i guess

The Spiderman

Still loving my 4 year old Fizik Gobi.Also have a Fizik Arione on my road bike,and did d a 100k sportive on that a few weeks back with no comfort issues at all.

lostboysaint

I'm 6'4" and was 115kg but am now 98kg. Was on a Ritchey, then a WTB both of which didn't work. Tried the Spoon following recommendations and have found it so good that there's now one on each of my bikes!

timpop

I'm not far off your build, 6'1 12st 8 (ish) I've had the Charge Spoon and the Madison Flux and got on well with them both. I think the Flux was tapered a bit more at the back so a bit easier to slide back when heading down steeper terrain. I could be wrong though, it's been a while. I'm still using the stock Lapierre one at the moment.