Hey errrybody, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a NON-LEATHER racing saddle comparable to maybe a Selle Italia SLR or the like. My vegan-inity will not allow me to put my ass on the ex-ass of a dead animal. thanks for yr. help.

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slr carbon is leather free I think

Specialized makes a bunch of saddles (their "Body Geometry" line) that are synthetic (at least most of them are). I personally have the Specialized Avatar which goes for around $80. It's really comfortable and comes in three widths to help ensure a good fit.

the specialized alias and toupe are both vegan friendly, and super comfy. i rock the alias and love it so much.

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I think many saddles are actually a synthetic leather, as are most cycling shoe uppers these days. They just look like leather.

You may want to avoid Brooks saddles, though.

I recommend a Brooks Team Professional. The ones in honey brown leather are gorgeous and made of very supple cowhide. I heard they had to kill three cows to make just one. How can you go wrong with that kind of attention to detail!? Quality!

thanks to those of you who took me seriously. to those who didn't.... stay selfish! it smells great on ya.

oooh yeah that specialized alias looks cool. I'll be checking further into that one for sure. I had forgotten about the SLR carbon. real neat. thanks again you guys.

If you have every complained about stiffness don;t get the alias its worse then riding on many sprung saddles.

fizik arione has worked great for me, and several other people I know of

Most saddles have no leather on them. They are most often a vinyl cover. Most that actually are leather will tell you so as a selling point.

tioga spyder...

i have a colored fizik arione ti that is all microtex - a lot of fizik saddles are leather free

Thats it. I'm working extra (if that's possible) hours next week. I WILL buy this saddle for the Don Walker. My race bike gets even more ridiclous.

I'm an on and off vegan (mostly on, although I on occaision will eat local organic dairy) and usually try to get my hands on used saddles or aftermarket clearence saddles [even if they have leather in them], I feel like these usually have less of an impact than a brand new synthetic saddle will have. Although I could be wrong. I know nothing about markets and leather production vs. synthetic leather production.

+1 on the buying used and whatnot

almost anything by fizik
the only leatherish one that i know of is the black arione with the black suede stripe down the middle

all the rest are microtex.

how much is that butt spaceship?

close to $200

yeah i think that price tag will put the walker on its way to mars.

Buy used leather. Even the Buddha would eat meat if it was someone else's leftovers.

finger of a leper, to be specific

Hey everybody, thanks for all the great help. I will add Fizik to my "looking list". As far as used leather goes I have no problem with people, even vegans, buying used leather. It's much better than it being wasted or thrown away. I would just prefer non-leather AND used..... And that silver, what did someone call it "butt spaceship" is truly insane but way out of my spending capacity.