Saddle shops (?) in London, or just saddle shopping.
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And the saddle bag. That needs a tighten.0
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I think the cut out saddle requirement is definitely an age thing. Never needed one
for years until I approached my 40's, then over a period of a few months had all sorts of issues and just couldn't ride my trusted Fizik Arione without numbness. Switched to a cut out and never had any issues since.1 -
Me too. Had a selection of saddles without cutouts which all became an issue as I got older. Tried a Spesh Power s/h from a fellow forumite and comfy from day 1.
In F.A.'s defence I was thinking the same about the shed TBH...0 -
I sincerely hope that does not happen to me, though I am well into my 40s.MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:I think the cut out saddle requirement is definitely an age thing. Never needed one
for years until I approached my 40's, then over a period of a few months had all sorts of issues and just couldn't ride my trusted Fizik Arione without numbness. Switched to a cut out and never had any issues since.
I have a raft of Ariones, including an 00, and a Cavendish special edition in black and green.
I do have one Berk saddle as well, with no cutout, oh and a few Sycnros saddles which are also without cutout but incredibly comfortable for my @rse.
Never actually tried a saddle with a cutout - I suppose if I am comfortable there is no reason to.Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 181 -
Think you will be fine Dan, sure it would have happened by now.
Unfortunately, I do now have a collection of redundant Arione's, about 5 of them I think, plus a few other odds and ends!1 -
Pretty strong 2nd hand market for them should you be looking to recoup some mula.MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:Think you will be fine Dan, sure it would have happened by now.
Unfortunately, I do now have a collection of redundant Arione's, about 5 of them I think, plus a few other odds and ends!Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 181 -
Good idea @daniel_b . I have a few other components knocking about which I had been meaning to sell. Probably time to fire up the old ebay account once again!1
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If you are testing out different sddles, how did you end up with 5 of the same shape?0
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He's not the OP :-)First.Aspect said:If you are testing out different sddles, how did you end up with 5 of the same shape?
Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 181 -
Still struggling to understand how one ends up with 5 of the same saddle that you don't need.daniel_b said:
He's not the OP :-)First.Aspect said:If you are testing out different sddles, how did you end up with 5 of the same shape?
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I had five Arione saddles used across different bikes. They were all purchased in the space of a few years and well before I needed to switch to a cutout saddle.
Once the numbness issue presented itself and it was clear I could no longer use a saddle without a cutout, each of those Arione's became redundant. It had been my saddle of choice for 10 years with no issue prior to that, hence why I had them!
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That is genuinely a bummer.0
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I don't actually think cut outs achieve much that a flat saddle doesn't, when it comes to pressure relief. And the airone is the opposite of flat (side to side, i mean).0
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Depends on your anatomy.First.Aspect said:I don't actually think cut outs achieve much that a flat saddle doesn't, when it comes to pressure relief. And the airone is the opposite of flat (side to side, i mean).
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Sure, and if you like rounded saddles you do kind of need a cut out.rick_chasey said:
Depends on your anatomy.First.Aspect said:I don't actually think cut outs achieve much that a flat saddle doesn't, when it comes to pressure relief. And the airone is the opposite of flat (side to side, i mean).
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sounds like the OP has this sorted
now but for anyone coming to the thread later on - cloud9 and foundation bike fit have a massive saddle library0