phtomita

Selle Italia SLR Superflow S3

firebird854

Specialized Power Arc Expert, best I've used, period.

motosonic

I posted this in a separate thread the other day, but.... I'll say it here. First off, I'm no fan of Specialized or Trek/Bontrager. But after trying multiple saddles over my years cycling, I finally agreed to test a Specialized Power Comp.. and it's pretty unbelievable. No numbness, soreness.. Comfortable on long rides (so far). Can't say I'm disappointed. Only thing I'm sad about is that one of my faves like San Marco didn't create this first. lol

stasher1

I've been pleased with the Charge Spoon. Definitely not the lightest or sleekest saddle around, but it fits me and the price is very reasonable. I'm running them on two of my three bikes, and will probably pick up a third to complete the set.

ChinookTx

It took me forever to settle on something, but I've been going on 3 years with the Fizik Aliante R3 and am super happy with it.

That said, as has been noted by others, saddles are kind of a personal taste, and what feels like a cloud for one person might feel like barbwire for someone else!

motosonic

Try this

GeezyRider 

And Trek thought THEY were changing cycling forever!

DaveSSS 

SMP stratos works for me. They have many models and you have to get the right width to start with. I would not try those with minimal or no padding,

I put my info into the saddle finder and it came up with the stratos or glider.

https://www.sellesmp.com/en/saddle-finder.html

jadocs

FYI, more padding doesn't necessarily translate to more comfort. As stated you need to ensure your sit bones are properly supported....not your soft tissue. Too much padding will aggravate your soft tissue if you do any rides that involve time and distance (ie beyond just short jaunts on the bike).

NoWhammies

Do those store 'sit pads' where they show you what your posterior looks like seated - thanks to heat points - actually do any good in helping find out where the sit bones are properly located?

jadocs

Not familiar with store sit pads, but if they ensure that your sit bones are situated on the right part of the saddle, then yes. Now just because your sit bones are situated properly on a saddle off the bike, you need to ensure it remains that way on the bike...which gets into proper fit and saddle adjustment (up, down, fore, aft).

WhyFi

None of the Ass-o-meters that I've seen look at heat points - they're looking at indentations from sit bones. And yes, they help.

GailT

+1. I tried several other saddles: Brooks, Ergon, Fabric, and a Selle Italia Max Flite Gel Flow, but nothing compared to the Selle Italia SLR Superflow. Large cut-out, light weight, just the right amount of padding. Compared to the other saddles, it felt like the SLR Superflow disappeared under me on the first ride. CRC sells these for about $130, and I picked up a second one, almost new, from my local craigslist.

fietsbob

a hundred + pages of ''what saddle?" threads have gone before

they devolve into popularity touts I have X and I like it

Tullio Campagnolo's Seat posts were designed around Leather saddles like Brooks Team Pro ,
they even combined a wrench to adjust the bolts on top of the post & the nose of the saddle ..

OK , to heavy ? you have 98 more saddles to try.. Happy shopping..







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rms13

I'm currently riding Fabric Scoop Flat Elite. Second Fabric Scoop I've owned and very extremely comfortable "for me"

Sojodave

Watch this before you ditch your saddle

El Davisimo

www.infinitybikeseat.com

Life altering. Seriously.

I rode a metric on my original seat and couldn't feel my nether regions for a good bit. Did a century on this bad boy and it was like I was floating. No pressure. No pain. No numbness.

79pmooney

My first choice is the Terry Fly; basically the old Sella Italias I used to race in the '70s with a modern cutout that I stated needing in my 40s. I move forward and back a lot on my saddles. Any saddle that has only one comfort place will not work for me. (The re-positioning isn't about saddle comfort. It is me being an ex-racer who "rides the rivet" at times and sits way back and rides the handlebar tops ot other times as well as everywhere in between.)

Saddle choices, as said above many times is very personal. So is the exact location of the saddle, especially the tilt. I am a huge fan of 2 bolt seatposts because they make adjusting the tilt easy, accurate and reproduce-able. (Want the nose down a touch? Back off the rear screw a bunch, adjust the front say 1/4 turn, tighten the rear screw, Done. Too much? You can backtrack 1/8 turn. Or another 1/8 right back to where you started, And you can do all this far from your shop out on the road.)

Ben

NoWhammies

@rms13 That Fabric Scoop Flat Elite looks a lot like my current Specialized saddle, although my Specialized one has a cut out through the middle. For the past X years the Specialized has been treating me well, but I think it's time to switch it up. I'll have a look at the Scoop.

@jadocs and @WhyFi thanks for the info on the sit bones mapping.