Originally Posted by
HAMMER MAN
Strange that if it isn't right up there with the Pro riders and how, and what they use and how the bikes look it is all completley wrong.. Riding is a unique personal experience to each individual and what they like
Not that I disagree with the sentiment necessarily, but there are some pro riders on cutouts. Being partial to SMPs myself, I'll quote the following from a Velonews article by Zinn on SMP:
Yana Belomoyna, the reigning cross-country mountain bike world champion and silver medalist in the London Olympics, races on SMP saddles, as do Giorgia Bronzini, the 2011 road world champion, and Giada Borgata, the 2012 Italian road national champion. Among male mountain bikers, the Italian Braidot twins, Luca (2012 European championships team relay gold medalist) and Daniele (2012 cross-country world championship bronze medalist) are SMP devotees.
I won't dispute that most pro cyclists seem not to race on cutouts, but I thought it a pertinent point to make in this discussion that some, including female pro roadies, do use such saddles.