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Old 04-24-15 | 09:12 PM
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Anyone else plunk down the bucks for a Selle AnAtomica Carbon saddle?
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Sella Italia Turbomatic (long out of production), or Brooks Professional. I'd like to try a carbon saddle, however that is a lot of mula to experiment with.
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Nope , the Sagging watershed leather experiment was resold in days .. B 17 traded for a S.Marco Rolls

Now my 17 substitute saddle of choice is the discontinued Black Pleather Fizik Vitesse HP, sold with a Brompton spec'd rails bend. (my 2 R'off bikes )

The Brompton got a bit more cushy CP3 vitesse.
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Sella Italia Turbomatic (long out of production), or Brooks Professional. I'd like to try a carbon saddle, however that is a lot of mula to experiment with.
The deal I'm talking about was to "donate" $199 to their Kickstarter (or similar) fund to help defray development of the new saddle design.
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Nope , the Sagging watershed leather experiment was resold in days .. B 17 traded for a S.Marco Rolls

Now my 17 substitute saddle of choice is the discontinued Black Pleather Fizik Vitesse HP, sold with a Brompton spec'd rails bend. (my 2 R'off bikes )

The Brompton got a bit more cushy CP3 vitesse.
For me it's not a Brooks substitute. I like the comfort of an S-A more than that of a Brooks, and S-A thinks the new carbon design should be better than their leather ones. I think the carbon top is less stretchy than their leather, but it should flex and the integral spring should help with shock filtering.
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As to Original Question:

Anyone else plunk down the bucks for a Selle AnAtomica Carbon saddle?
I wont. My House needs Renovations First.

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Not yet. My 2 Selle Anatomica X series saddles are still good.
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The 200 bucks gets you a saddle when production starts?
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