Which Saddle?

I think I want a Turbo. For me they are just about the best looking saddles going. Are the new reproductions any good?

My wife has one, and I rode one for a bit. They're fine, but not amazing. Also, hers seems to be coming unglued near the front underneath.

My favourite saddle (and I've probabkly mentioned this a few times) is a the original Cinelli Unicanitor with no leather cover, just plastic.

Popped down to sigma sport yesterday, they have an amazing range of test saddles: prologo, selle italia, fizik, specialized
They also said that they'll be trying to get some more in
Awesome shop

What are the spa cycles brooks clones like? They look great for the money.

I have a wide load. I've been using a suede concor saddle but it gets pretty uncomfortable. Any advised saddles for the gentleman with the wider behind? This also means I'm going to be selling this saddle.

San Marco Regal.

I had the same issue with the Concor, it feels like it starts to slope down too soon so your sit bones end up resting on an angled part of the saddle. The Regal stays nice and flat at the back.

Concor, if it's good enough for Lance!

Redneck approved. Quite an endorsement.

That SLC I have is really good but the hole in it means your bum crack fills with road-splash in the rain.

Reason not to buy another.

mm road splash

Definitely a Spoon.

agreed cheap and cheerfull comfy and doesnt weigh a tonne, and who cares if some idiot knicks it

San Marco Strada 200 Titanio - Just fitted one to my road bike - like a concor light but much longer and less shapely making it very easy to adjust your position on.
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and in situ
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Popped down to sigma sport yesterday, they have an amazing range of test saddles: prologo, selle italia, fizik, specialized
They also said that they'll be trying to get some more in
Awesome shop

Thanks for singing our praises!

My favourite saddle (and I've probabkly mentioned this a few times) is a the original Cinelli Unicanitor with no leather cover, just plastic.

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A favorite of mine. I thought the early ones were leather covered, and the shell-only thing was a relatively new thing.

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A favorite of mine. I thought the early ones were leather covered, and the shell-only thing was a relatively new thing.

The original ones were covered in leather, but the two I have the leather was beyond repair, so I ripped it off and just kept it plastic.

Does anyone know if there's a non-leather version of the Selle San Marco Concor? I'd like to ty a concor out but I'm vegan so don't want no cow ass on my ass.

There were Kashimax plastic saddles that were a very similar shape. I think they're also being made again. Try eBay.

Cheers, not keen on the plastic ones and the padded ones are pretty expensive, I'll keep an eye out for a cheapish one though.

The padded ones might not be vegan.

Ok, it turns out selle do one as well, bit out of my price range but I might see if anyone has one going.

Wiggle have the synthetic Concor for about fifty sheets.

Yeah, bit strapped for cash at the moment but if I can't find anything second hand I might give it a go in a few months.

Er, I have an orange pretty much plastic Kashimax that I bought from andypancakes on the forum. Probably willing to let it go for £25, if you are interested!

I was looking for black, not sure how orange would look with my blue bike! Ha ha. Thanks anyway.

Actually, do you have any photos? #ohgodwhyamiconsideringanorangesaddle

Still struggling with the Arione I fitted to my steamroller. I went for around a 20 mile ride last night and it started getting uncomfortable after about 10. What I did notice though was that if I sat further back on the saddle it immediately felt much more comfortable. This got me thinking that I may have positioned the saddle wrong. I measured from the tip of the old saddle to the stem and replicated this measurement on the new saddle however I recall reading somewhere that the Arione is a longer saddle. I have moved it forward around 10 mm but have yet to give it a try.
Out of interest, what is the usual method for positioning a replacement saddle?

Sort of what you've done. I usually measure nose to (some point of) bars, plus BB to top, half way along. Also replicate angle with spirit level laid along it's length.

But then you have to experiment/estimate differences based on saddle length, sag/squish, location of main sit-point, curve/profile, etc. Inevitably there will be further fettling after the initial fit.

I moved the saddle forward around 10 mm as mentioned above and finally got to give it a proper test yesterday. I covered around 35 fairly wet miles wearing exactly the same clothing as had been worn when finding the saddle uncomfortable previously.

This time around I'm happy to report the saddle was much better. Not perfect but that small adjustment made a huge difference.

Moral? Position is probably as important, if not more so, than the saddle.