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Hmmm - not blown away by this. The edges have been left a bit rough and the weave appears to have some waves in it. Choice was restricted for 130mm saddles and I can't complain too much for $15.

Will give it a go on the turbo and see how it feels but obviously I'm aware that if it's going to crack, it'll happen when I smash through a pothole. Weighs 119g.

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It's a $15 120g saddle? Gonna be a bit rough.

They normally crack under the front where the rail moulding is bonded.
If your riding position is 'on the rivet', it might crack after a while, but if you sit a way back, sitbones on widest bit, etc... Should be fine.

to be fair, my tune komm vor snapped while racing so even if you spend $$$ it doesn't guarantee safety

I also found my fully carbon SMP replica to be very slippery and I kept moving up and down the saddle due to the material

@M4xime Thought the shape of the SMP was supposed to keep you pretty planted?

@umop3pisdn - yeah. This is pretty much what I expected.

I had one similar, commuted on it for a year and never had any problems until i went over my handle bars and it smashed into the road.

I've snapped 2 real Romin's in the same place

Any guesses as to brand / maker / cost / weight difference?

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I had the same issue with my carbon SMP replica - its definitely noticeable but not enough to stop me using it.

Same brand? Lips on the left look like Hunt but then the right also looks like it should have a lip

Yeah I've snapped a real Romin too, possibly two actually... One of the bits to the side of the gooch gulch.

That's terrifying. Tell me the one on the right isn't cn*carbon 😓

The one on the right is Enve

Looks like a proper dog's dinner, that.

and the one on the left is Farsport, iirc

Wtf? What happened to it?

Nothing. Straight out of the box.

Put that on Twitter :D

Had something very similar crack/snap on me.
Got it second hand on here though so could a seen a lot of arse. Managed to shred some of the chamois on my Rapha PT bibs tho so ended up being a bit of an expensive snap!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYvJiyXg8ii/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYu-oAggNd-/

This happened to mine actually. Sit bones didn't like the back or the saddle much. I just kept riding like an idiot and it snapped clean through the middle

😯 Better pics where we can see the logo's?

Sounds like the position might be not ideal? Put some anti slip tape on it 😋

Nope. Don't want to get anyone grassed in. You can take my word for it.

Left is light bicycle
Right is Enve.