Fizik Aliante users - what angle?
I just picked up an Aliante saddle. Why?
Ischial tuberosity bursitis is a pain in the A_$_$ and I'm frantically looking for a saddle that will help. I would like feedback as to the angle that people are dialing in. I know it is an individual thing, I just want to see if there is a trend. I've put the saddle on today, and statically, it feels pretty good level front to back using an on-edge yardstick across the center of the saddle (sitting in the V groove in the rear). Tell me how you've got your Aliante set up. (If you don't own an Aliante, you have nothing to contribute to this thread. I don't want any saddle wars). |
i like them flat, with the ass up a tad, like so:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/alispt.jpg |
I have mine set up pretty much flat, so that the tail is at the same level as the nose. I've only felt any discomfort after days of all-day riding.
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Originally Posted by botto
(Post 6178646)
i like them flat, with the ass up a tad, like so:
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nose down, 2 degrees.
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Originally Posted by Godwin
(Post 6178678)
I have mine set up pretty much flat, so that the tail is at the same level as the nose.
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Set mine up level using a real 2 foot long level.
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Mine looks likes botto's
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Nose angled up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...e/P1010013.jpg Yes, it's a Fizik Aliante under the seat cover. It took alot of miles for me to finally find the right adjustment... |
I use a Fizik Vitesse which is almost identical to an Aliante, just a little wider. I like mine set so that the highest point on the nose is absolutely level with the highest point on the tail of the saddle. In comparison to botto's picture the nose of my saddle is up a little higher. I've got to this position via trial and error. If you stand back and look at my saddle it looks like its a little nose up but I've just put a level across it from the highest point on the nose to the highest point on the rear (off to the side, not the middle) and its come up dead level.
Regards, Anthony |
I don't know about the saddle but, looking at those blooming trees and green grass makes me wish for Spring all the more.
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Originally Posted by Psydotek
(Post 6179822)
Nose angled up:
[IMG] ht tp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/psydotek/Bicycle/P1010013.jpg[/IMG] Yes, it's a Fizik Aliante under the seat cover. It took alot of miles for me to finally find the right adjustment... |
Thanks for the input.
I'll try to get some miles on mine today, and let you know what I decide. |
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...feil/018-1.jpg
I have yet to get mine perfectly dialed in. That being said this angle is close to how I like it. |
I got out today and tweeked the seat a bit and got in about a 25 mile ride.
I ended up with the nose slightly higher than I initially had it, but not much. Here's how it is now, and it seems to feel pretty good. I think I'm gonna like the seat. http://home.comcast.net/~rowdy-slugg...iante_seat.jpg |
My Aliante is pretty close to level. I like the nose just barely sloped down a few degrees, but not quite enough to shift too much weight forward onto the bars.
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I ride with the nose tilted upwards a bit. This works when the Aliante is set up more 'fore' than 'aft' > This allows you to have the seatpost raised up a bit more. I sit on the sitbones on the rear of the saddle the correct way rather than always having that feeling that you are falling forwards.
Intuitively it might not sound right, but that is the way Aliante's are supposed to be set up. |
Mine is actually nose up a bit. Works pretty well for me.
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Originally Posted by botto
(Post 6180224)
where are your panniers and fenders?
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Aliante: I use a bubble level and set it perfectly flat. Works great! Wouldn't ride anything else.
Cheers! - RJ |
Mine's flat, but why not experiment a bit? Love the Aliantes.
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very slight rise at the nose, maybe 1 or 2 degrees? very similiar
set up to my Brooks B17 on a different bike. love the aliante once it's dialed in right. |
OK I'll bite. Those who are claiming that they set their Aliante up flat what are you measuring? The whole issue with the Aliante is that there isn't a 'flat' section on it! As far as I'm concerned my saddle is flat when putting a level on it from high point to high point but if you look at it, it looks like it has some nose up angle. State where you are positioning the level or it doesn't mean anything.
Regards, Anthony |
Originally Posted by AnthonyG
(Post 6188445)
OK I'll bite. Those who are claiming that they set their Aliante up flat what are you measuring? The whole issue with the Aliante is that there isn't a 'flat' section on it! As far as I'm concerned my saddle is flat when putting a level on it from high point to high point but if you look at it, it looks like it has some nose up angle. State where you are positioning the level or it doesn't mean anything.
Regards, Anthony That's where I started and I had to adjust the distance and the angle very slightly here and there during my ride. It was only way I got comfortable. Today, I don't even think about it. The bike shop I purchased the bike (which came with plastic Aliante) did say the seat is great but very sensitive to small adjustments. I agree with him. Take an allen wrench and experiment in your ride. |
FYI,
Here's what Sheldon Brown says about saddle adjustment (angle). http://www.sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html#angle The angle of the saddle should be pretty close to horizontal. Some men prefer the front to be slightly higher than the rear; some women prefer the front slightly lower than the rear, but extreme angles should be avoided. If the saddle is nosed up too far, it is likely to increase pressure on the soft tissues, and cause all sorts of problems. If the saddle is tilted down in front, the rider will tend to slide forward onto the narrower part of the saddle. Women who are riding on saddles that were designed for men frequently tilt their saddles down. This will relieve some of the discomfort from the saddle itself, but creates new problems: The downward slope of the saddle causes the rider to tend to slide forward, and this can only be counteracted by pressure on the hands. Thus, poorly-angled saddles often are the cause of wrist, shoulder and neck problems, due to carrying too much of the rider's weight on the hands. |
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