Color advice needed. I purchased a black/orange Iodine 3 saddle for my bike. Trying to keep with my orange theme here.


But the store (The Clymb) sent me the wrong color. I received a white/black one. Does the color combo work? It matches the fork, I guess, but does it look out of place?

Here's a picture. Not sure if I'll return it.



Here are some more pictures of my bike. It's a 2012 Felt Nine Race with XTR shifters, XT derailleurs and Raceface Crank.

It's well that you know my primary concern when buying a new saddle is colour. I could ride a hatchet so long as it looked good on my bike. The saddle does seem to match the colour of your forks and we all know THAT to be critically important. My most serious concern would be whether the saddle will show the dirt and grime.

Thank God that this isn't another one of those my bum hurts - what saddle should I buy threads. Al

Har har har, the stock saddle is comfortable. I've used it for six hour epics (30 milers with lots of climbing.) without issues. The iodine saddle is comfortable and I like it as well, bu this is more about color coordination! If your butt hurts from a saddle then you need to ride more!

Carlos

Now that you've used it, I suppose it's moot point; however, you should have sent it back and gotten the pink one.

The white looks better than 4 different shades of orange would have.

I need that Orange trim for this speeder, I know I would look so cool!

By the way just so some of you know, the matchy matchy thing is very much a So Cal phenomenon. I see bikes out on the trail that have every bit of colored bling possible starting with the headset, bottom brackets, hubs, cables, cable crimps, wheels, tires, seat post clamps, handlebars, you name it. The more bling the cooler you are... makes up for lack of bike handling skills I guess. Of course I can't say much as I generally match up headset, seatpost clamp, skewers, hubs and cable ends... and oh yeah my saddle has blue threads to match my blue bike...

I don't care what my saddle's color. First thing for me is - how comfortable it is. Comm'on, you cover it with your butt anyway, so who cares.

It's not a roadie so who cares? I'm having more trouble finding the right type of saddle for me than worrying about looks. Heck my winter beater(Black/white) has an orange saddle! That came with the used road bike i bought.
As long as it matches something on the bike or it's black?

^^^ I thought it was a fixie phenomenon, gold chain rings, pink hubs, green chains

I like having my equipment look good too, but also in the back of my mind for a mountain bike is the reality that the saddle is only going to make it through a handful of get-offs before i need a new one anyway ---
-- so given my parameters, i'll stick with basic black --- but the white looks good on your bike , go back and get the black/orange one too -- you'll need it soon enough if you are pushing it a bit

Well luckily for me the saddle I like and ride on all my bikes, came with blue threads (as well as basic black).

Duct tape silver, will hide post crash saddle repairs a bit.

This is the right answer. Being Canadian, I have nothing against colour-matching, though I also respect American's right to color-matching. (That's the second amendment everyone keeps bickering over, right?) What is looked over when trying to put together a theme for a bike is whether or not the accents match. The white saddle will turn grey at the same rate as the rest of the white components.

Exchanged the saddle today.



The flash makes it appear brighter than it is. It all matches nicely.


Also rode some sweet singletrack in the morning.

And yep, it might be a SoCal thing. =)

the nose looks a few degrees low on that saddle, actually.

I like it, nice trail!

I don't know why some people get their panties in a bunch if someone wants to match parts on their mountain bike. If the seat he finds comfortable comes in a color that will look cool and match his bike, why not? Same with any other parts on anyone else's bike.

I actually think the white one looked better because it tied the white fork in with the rest of the bike, but the white one wouldn't have stayed white for long anyway so it hardly matters. Orange one looks sweet too, and will continue to look good.

Oh women, women ;-)

White is going to show dirt badly, a moot point now since it's been exchanged but still something to think about for future reference.

^^ Not necessarily...I have a Sunline saddle that's been through probably 4 seasons of DH and still looks nearly new.

You're obviously not riding very much or very hard then. :-j

He doesn't. All those downhill pictures of him are Photoshopped.

True that; and when I do go to the races, I just stand around all kitted up and try not to get dirty.

Personally, I'd return the seat and get the black/orange seat you'd ordered. IMO, it would look far better than the black/white one.