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Submitted by
Riny de Jong
a Weekend Warrior
from Netherlands
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Sandy hills & woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | new at friends' garage | | Strengths: | Very light, slim design, grippy fabric. Comfort not too bad for a thin padding like on this. Better for XC (less time on the saddle) than for road use. | | Weaknesses: | A little more padding would make it great for road use too. Protection in the back part would be nice too. | | Similar Products Used: | Velo Plush, Massi | | Bike Setup: | Cust-tec with Shi LX & XT components, Rigidas with Magura Julie discs, RS Judy SL U-turn. | | Bottom Line: | Great for the XC rider that spends limited time on road. Value rating 5 chilis for the price I paid and overall 4 chilis. It does the job that it's supposed to do great, when used for the purpose it's designed. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick Coyne
a Weekend Warrior
from Cape Town, South Africa
Date Reviewed: September 15, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Knysna | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
The kevlar covering is bomb-proof. Have wiped out at 60kph on rough tarmac and the saddle was hardly scratched. My old leather-covered piece of crap would have been shredded! | | Weaknesses: |
None, once I got used to the narrow shape (after a Rolls on my roadbike) | | Similar Products Used: |
Turbo, Rolls, Flite Ti, Kona original? | | Bike Setup: |
Kona Cindercone '96 with new RST Mozo shocks | | Bottom Line: | Great ride - very durable and light. What more could you want? | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Larry
a Cross-Country Rider
from Mesa, AZ
Date Reviewed: April 8, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Light, good for off road use | | Weaknesses: |
Did'nt like it as a road saddle | | Similar Products Used: |
Selle Italia Flite ti, Bontrager SSM Cromo,
Schwinn Stinger, Selle Italia Turbomatic2 | | Bottom Line: | I've got one on my mtb and the shape is good for that when you need to get up and move around. But on the roadbike it made me pretty much sore and numb. Switched roadbike to Selle Italia Flite titanium and am very happy.
Saddles are so subjective and personal, what works for me may not work for you.
I think the Bontrager shape is pretty good for offroad (gonna try a Flite there too) and pretty bad on the road. Three flamin things! | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a
from cross-country rider
Date Reviewed: February 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
All I can say is my ass has never been happier. I have ridden this thing hard, and crashed it even harder(many times). It doesn't give up. It rattles like it is going to break at the nose, but it has been doing that since day one. It can rattle all day if it wants to. A little noise that only I can hear is better than pulling broken seat rails out of your ass. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a racer
from Maine, BABY!
Date Reviewed: October 6, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Ive got one of these, So since no one else has,Ill give it a review. My bontrager came with the leather seat w/ cro-mo rails and I liked it fine, but one of the guys I work with said he'd trade me it for the all kevlar one with ti rails. Titanium. Kevlar. Cool. This seat has the features I liked in the old one, like it's narrow in the back for down hills and my ass was already used to the shape. Aside from that, the kevlar has a cool grippy feel and the seat seems a bit softer. A downside to the all kevlar design is that the seat is a big sponge if my bikes on the roof racks when its raining. Other than that, so far, so good. | | Overall Rating: |
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