Selle SMP discussion

Excellent. I've been meaning to do this myself, you can even get smp extra copies on aliexpress so it's absolutely on the todo list.

You just have to search.

Think when I bought my fakes most people reported they'd paid about £20 so I narrowed the search to between £19 and £21 or something like that.

Ok, ta

I've lost a couple of hours looking already!

I've lost a couple of hours looking already!

Really?

Full carbon

Extra copy

Slightly padded 1 and 2

Best one ive found:
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-GUB-Bicycle-Saddle-Ultralight-Carbonfiber-Road-Bike-Cushion-Hollow-Design-Microfiber-Leather-Mountain-Bike/32672328265.html?spm=2114.06010108.3.59.Zz674C&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10152_10065_10151_10068_10130_10136_10137_10060_10138_10155_10062_10156_10154_10056_10055_10054_10059_10099_10103_10102_10096_10148_10147_10052_10053_10142_10107_10050_10051_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_10179_10181_10078_10079_10073_10070_10123_10124,searchweb201603_2,afswitch_1,ppcSwitch_2&btsid=89b44310-4cd9-4300-88c8-1b663a2b9a29&algo_expid=48544ade-95ce-48ef-a526-bebd862583ec-5&algo_pvid=48544ade-95ce-48ef-a526-bebd862583ec

full carbon, bit of padding and no big logo

bought! will let you all know what its like...

Good spots guys! My google-fu isn't strong these days.... age related, no doubt!

I've gotten a hold of a carbon smp copy, and I've check out Steve hogg's website. But, does anyone have any tips on how to set up an SMP. Anything would be awesome..

Different angles work for different people but generally try and get it about level between the highest points. Generally quite far forward too, as many people tend to sit quite far back on them - almost "in" the curve. I found I'd point the nose more up for a more upright touring position, and more level for normal roadie position.

Further forward than most (if not all) other saddles and slightly nose down is a good starting point. The angle makes a lot of difference to comfort, so be prepared to experiment.

My SMP is a good 4cm-ish further forward than my other saddles. The higher the nose is the more the support it will give you however also the more pressure you'll get, it's a balance. Start off with the front bump level with rear then move the nose down slightly until you find the sweat spot.

Yeah what others have already said: slam it to the front and have the thing about level (if imagining a book on top of it)

Also try to sit quite far back on it. It might not be as obvious at first try.

Also worth checking how "tall" it is compared to your old saddle. My copy is a good chunk taller from rails to seat top than the old one - necessitated bringing the seatpost down a bit.

I decided to admit I might be wrong about my SLR Superflow last week and plunge on an SMP Dynamic.
The former had become more and more painful over the last year and I had started to feel like the numbness/ache was impacting performance. For a long time, I had been resistant to admitting I had made a poor decision, choosing it over the SMP.
The latter is more padded than the SLR from the get go, so its expected to be more comfortable, but. the. SHAPE! These saddles are amazing, I feel like the swooping arch keeps me in position (having always found myself slide forward to the rivet whenever I increased power/used drops).
My only ache came 2 hrs in to a ride and appeared quite distinctly just above my glutes, indicating to me that having the saddle level was holding my pelvis in too vertical a rotation. Thanks to this thread and Steve Hogg: i knew to expect this; had my spanner with me; and quickly rotated the saddle forward slightly. Back ache gone immediately relieved, rest of ride perfect.
Thank you to all of the evangelists here!

Oh yeah, as negaatio said, you'll need to drop the seatpost too because they are generally taller saddles than others. If you find there's too much pressure on your sit bones try dropped the saddle a little more.

Thanks all - I'll try levelling first then. I looked at the kick up of the seat, looks like you either love it or you don't.

Just received my (fake) SMP !
Let the testing begin :-)

Slightly belatedly, but its not that much harder to cover them in two halves. This is still holding up a year later :)

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/12946211/

I've become Gaston.

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Hah, I was lucky because most of the frame are 73 degree seat angle which is on the maxium length of the SMP saddle.

There's still some room to slide the saddle more forward ;)

I'd be fine if I had another inline seatpost but I don't. This is just on the turbo bike so I won't have to face social scorn just yet.

I thought you were a Dynamic man

How is this holding up?