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John Stevenson
Guest
Michael Warner wrote:
> I was gawping at a top-of-the-line Specialized road
> bike ($11k list!) the other day, and noticed that the
> saddle was nothing but a thin sheet of carbon fibre,
> with no padding whatsoever.
>
> Has anyone ridden on one of these? What's it like
> for a couple of hours or more - do you get accustomed
> to it?
>
One of the things junior cycling journalists are good for is testing
ludicrous products. As it happens, our newbie journo Les quite liked
Selle Italia's all-carbon seat:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2005/reviews/selle_italia_c64
You wouldn't want to do anything *long* on it, but that's clearly not
what it's for. If you were building up an insanely light bikes for a
hill climb TT, though, it'd do the job.
Interestingly, Jeff Jones just took delivery of a bike with a similar
carbon saddle and he reports that it's more comfortable than a certain
widely-specced *padded* lightweight saddle.
I strongly suspect saddle comfort has a lot more to do with the shape of
the hull than the padding.
John
Cyclingnews bloke.
> I was gawping at a top-of-the-line Specialized road
> bike ($11k list!) the other day, and noticed that the
> saddle was nothing but a thin sheet of carbon fibre,
> with no padding whatsoever.
>
> Has anyone ridden on one of these? What's it like
> for a couple of hours or more - do you get accustomed
> to it?
>
One of the things junior cycling journalists are good for is testing
ludicrous products. As it happens, our newbie journo Les quite liked
Selle Italia's all-carbon seat:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2005/reviews/selle_italia_c64
You wouldn't want to do anything *long* on it, but that's clearly not
what it's for. If you were building up an insanely light bikes for a
hill climb TT, though, it'd do the job.
Interestingly, Jeff Jones just took delivery of a bike with a similar
carbon saddle and he reports that it's more comfortable than a certain
widely-specced *padded* lightweight saddle.
I strongly suspect saddle comfort has a lot more to do with the shape of
the hull than the padding.
John
Cyclingnews bloke.