Saddle Survey...

Apologies for the frequency/number of these surveys, and thanks to everyone who has taken part in my questionnaires so far! I am really grateful to everyone who has taken the time to answer my (sometimes stupid) questions.

Here is my next survey! Hopefully my next thread will have some prototypes/CAD models for you to laugh/look at and give feedback...

I have made a copy of the survey here for those of you who prefer for your answers not to be seen by everyone else.

OK here goes:

Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Aesthetics
  
• Comfort/ergonomics
  
• Aerodynamics
  
• Lightness (in terms of weight)
  
• Strength/durability
  
• Ease of use
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Strong
  
• Cheap
  
• Light
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Adjustability
Strength/durability 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Modern
**Comfort **1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Aerodynamics/streamlining

Q4: Finally, is anyone else scared shitless of these?

Thanks very VERY much to everyone who takes part, either on here on at surveymonkey!

A: Selle Italia SLR :)

A: Selle Italia SLR :)

wot he said

haha thanks...?

what they said too.

just did 10 miles during my lunch break just in jeans and no padded short and im pretty sure my ass is more uncomfortable on my office chair

Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Comfort/ergonomics
  Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:
  
• Strong
  
• Light
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Adjustability
Strength/durability 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Modern
**Comfort 1-2-*3***-4-5-6-7-8-9 Aerodynamics/streamlining

Selle Italia - Storika
Looks great, weighs nothing, comfy (if you like narrow and unpadded saddles), and has'nt broken yet (so might be strong).

**Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)
**- Aesthetics
- Comfort/ergonomics

• Aerodynamics
  
• Lightness (in terms of weight)
  
• Strength/durability
  
• Ease of use
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:
***- Strong
***- Cheap
- Light

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-*8*-9 Adjustability
Strength/durability 1-2-3-4-*5*-6-7-8-9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 1-2-3-4-5-6-*7*-8-9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 1-2-3-4-5-*6*-7-8-9 Modern
**Comfort 1-2-3-4-5**-6-7-8-9 Aerodynamics/streamlining

It might be an idea to take note of what kind of riding people use the saddle for. For example, a person using their saddle for time trialling would look for hugely different qualities to someone who commutes. I use my saddle for commuting and training so there is a bit of a pay off between the qualities.

I have a number of bikes, each would have a different answer for this survey.

q1 - comfort/ergonomics

q2 - strong, not bothered about lightness/cheapness

q3
simplicity/adjustability - 5
strength/lightness - 5
more aesthetics- 2
trad/modern - 5
more comfort - 2

selle italia flite

Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Comfort/ergonomics
  
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Strong

• Light

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1-2-3-4-5-6-*-8-9 Adjustability
Strength/durability 1-*-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
**Aesthetics ***-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 1-2-3-4-*-6-7-8-9 Modern
**Comfort ***-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Aerodynamics/streamlining

**San Marco Rolls.
**

I have a number of bikes, each would have a different answer for this survey.

Get all you bikes to answer my survey then? Please?

Weapons-grade thanks to everyone who has helped me out so far!

I've also had a few people fill out the form on surveymonkey so thanks to those too!

Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Aesthetics
  - Comfort/ergonomics
  
• Aerodynamics
  
• Lightness (in terms of weight)
  
• Strength/durability
  
• Ease of use
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:
- Strong
- Cheap

• Light
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Adjustability
Strength/durability 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Modern
**Comfort 1-2-*3***-4-5-6-7-8-9 Aerodynamics/streamlining

Q4: Finally, is anyone else scared shitless of these?

thats just a little red cross - clue?

3xfizik gobi

thats just a little red cross - clue?

house centipede

Ha, for making me laught I'll put the effort in.

Flite Titanium on Fixed Wheel (Lo Pro) - Everyday Use for distances from 30- 50 mile days.
Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Comfort/ergonomics
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Strong
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 4 Adjustability
Strength/durability 2 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 8 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 5 Modern
Comfort 3 Aerodynamics/streamlining

Fuck knows (cheap MTB saddle) on Fixed Wheel Bike (Polo Bike) - beat the shit out of, who cares how it looks. Thsi bike is abused
Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Strength/durability
  
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Cheap
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1 Adjustability
Strength/durability 1 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 5 Modern
Comfort 1 Aerodynamics/streamlining

Tioga Multi Control Lite Ti on DMR Trailstar - X-crountry and general off road fucking about.
Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Strength/durability
  
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Strong
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 7 Adjustability
Strength/durability 5 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 7 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 5 Modern
Comfort 2 Aerodynamics/streamlining

United Pivotal on BMX - Unsuprisingly this bike is used for BMXing.
Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)
Lightness (in terms of weight)y

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Light
  
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1 Adjustability
Strength/durability 9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 1 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 9 Modern
Comfort 5 Aerodynamics/streamlining

4] All of my saddle hate the thing with legs.

flite titanium. that's it.

Fizik Arione X 2
Fizik Wingflex X 1 but I don't like it as the sides are two wide for my liking, it will be swapped for Arione number 3 when I can be bothered.

Historically my favourite was always the Ti Flite.

Ha, for making me laught I'll put the effort in.

That's amazing! I have to admit i laughed too when i saw that you had actually gone to all that effort.

Admirable.

Thankyou!

concor supercorsa or profil, or brooks swift

Welcome.

I was going to add the road bike too but as that currently consists of a pair of wheels a saddle and some brakes I can't really give a fair assessment.

Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Comfort/ergonomics
  
  
  

[[- Ease of use (how can saddles be hard to use, u just sit on them ?) ]]

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Strong
  
• Cheap
  
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity **** 7**** Adjustability
Strength/durability *3* Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics *8* Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional *5* Modern
**Comfort 3** Aerodynamics/streamlining

**Q4: Finally, is anyone else scared shitless of these?

**scared of saddles ? eh ?

Welcome.

I was going to add the road bike too but as that currently consists of a pair of wheels a saddle and some brakes I can't really give a fair assessment.

Screw it, i'll do one for my living room

Q1: Comfort/ergonomics

Q2: Strong & Light - light enough so that I can pick it up and bat the thing in Q4

Q3: Mechanical/visual simplicity 9 Adjustability Lay-Z-Boy
Strength/durability 5 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 5 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 1 Modern
Comfort 1 Aerodynamics/streamlining i hope i never need an aerodynamic sofa

Q4: If i see one of those things in my living room, I'm moving house

Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Comfort/ergonomics
  
  
  
  
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• **Strong
  
• Light
  **
  
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 9 Adjustability
Strength/durability 9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 9 Modern
**Comfort **9 Aerodynamics/streamlining

**Q4: Finally, is anyone else scared shitless of these? nope

SLR, **FTW 531 and all that!

Q1: Regarding saddles, which of the following do you consider the most important? (please choose one)

• Comfort/ergonomics
  
  

Q2: Again regarding saddles, please choose 2:

• Strong
  
• Light
  
  

Q3: Please mark on the following scales how important you feel the saddle/seatpost attributes are in comparison to each other (mark '5' if you think they are equally important.
Mechanical/visual simplicity 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Adjustability
Strength/durability 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Lightness (in terms of weight)
Aesthetics 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Sustainability/environmental issues
Traditional 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Modern
**Comfort 1-2-*3***-4-5-6-7-8-9 Aerodynamics/streamlining

Fizik Arione

[[- Ease of use (how can saddles be hard to use, u just sit on them ?) ]]

Could be wafer-thin? sitting is difficult? Ever tried sitting on a bus-stop seat for any lenght of time?

Only jesting.

I sorta meant the saddle-seatpost interface thing on this one - for example having a pivotal system or integrated saddle/post would make assembly easier. I didn't make this clear though... well caught out.

Thanks for the response!