Bent the rails on two saddles

sandy771

I have managed to bend the rails on two saddles, an old one off a carrera and and newer one off a giant.

So looking for a new saddle and have seen that they come with carbon, titanium, alloy and manganese rails.

Anything I should be looking at o rnot looking at - is it all just marketing bollox?

Chunkers1980

Nothing will be stronger than steel.

Bend a lot, don't care for weight steel is the way to go really. Try running the clamp bang in the middle of the rails too.

cooldad

Stand up on the bumpy stuff or go on a diet.

sharky1029

OEM saddles are generally shite. I bent the rails pretty badly on an OEM specialized saddle but the specialized Henge saddle I now have has survived some massive crashes.

Levi_501

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJveE7dr1Jw

Sorry, just can´t not

ilovedirt

I've bent a few seats either by crashing or by landing arse heavy on the seat on some sort of compression because i was too tired to stand.

sandy771

ilovedirt wrote:

I've bent a few seats either by crashing or by landing ars* heavy on the seat on some sort of compression because i was too tired to stand.

This could be it.

However I have just decided to try a spoon and after fitting it it feels as if the nose is a little low but looking at the saddlle it is pretty much horizontal. When I sit on it it feels that my weight is on the back end of the saddle but I can still shift my weight forward and sit on the nose going up hill. I am thinking that if my weight is more toward the rear then the saddle is pretty much constantly taking torsional forces, rather than if my weight were central.

I know its a personal thing but wondered what peoples opinion on the ideal saddle position is?

cooldad

Probably under your arris.

sandy771

cooldad wrote:

Probably under your arris.

Cooldad - 15523 post and probably 3 of them helpful.

cooldad

I'm glad that this was one of those times.

chez_m356

sandy771 wrote:

I know its a personal thing but wondered what peoples opinion on the ideal saddle position is?

you answered your own question there

sandy771 wrote:

cooldad wrote:

Probably under your arris.

Cooldad - 15523 post and probably 3 of them helpful.

take you long to read them all did it

felix.london

cooldad wrote:

I'm glad that this was one of those times.

What were the other two?

cooldad

felix.london wrote:

cooldad wrote:

I'm glad that this was one of those times.

What were the other two?

No idea. He said three, not me.
Although I do remember telling someone to buy round rubbery tyres, which was probably helpful.