LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
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London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
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I've got an original Full Carbon (I know nuts to pay £300 for a saddle!!) but as someone else has posted much earlier in the discussion, the comfort to me is priceless. Before this saddle I tried 43 different makes and models only to send them back or sell them on for different reasons.
I went to Dillglove in Sutton Coldfield as they're local to me and they let me borrow a carbon one with the steel rails which helped enormously with my decision.
I've also got a Composit which is on the bike I use over winter which has a slightly softer feel but there's not much in it, the carbon is definitely the favourite though as I do tend to move around and the polished surface helps this.
Would be interesting to see and compare one of the fake carbon ones.
I can also confirm that the real carbon rails have a split metal cover on the oval carbon rails, top and bottom, presumably as reinforcement and you can only use a top/bottom clamping on a seat post - the side clamping ones will damage the rails.
(P.S. Post 194 had me in stitches!)