Similar Products Used: Serfas RX, SDG satellite, Bontrager Race lite/lux/ti
Bike Setup: Rigid singlespeed 29er
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Frank Brigandi
a Racer
from Havertown Pa, U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2005
Strengths: Good quality, various color options for those who follow fashion
Weaknesses: As with almost all saddles these days, the shell is not part of the design. The shells are ridiculousy rigid and offer no flexibility anywhere along the plane, regardless of shape or padding technology. I still prefer my mid 1970's Cinelli Unicanitor over every saddle I've tried.
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I'd have to say that, if you like buying a new saddle every year or so, then try this because you may not have a particular desire geared to consistent comfort, on or off road. If style is your thing, you may have met yuor soul mate here. I still follow funtion over fashion and would not reccomend this to someone with "Saddle issues" Terry and WTB make the best newer saddles on the market.
Bike Setup: I have several bikes, all of which get regular use
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neil beltz
a Weekend Warrior
from anchorage
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2004
Strengths: the color matched the frame...
Weaknesses: the 'gel hole'... i dont know why they put that there, it dosnt help
Bottom Line:
its a seat, a place to place yer butt when the time is right(not too long-itll hert!) not for the weak of crotch... for 80 bucks, they shouldve at least covered the 'hole' seat. at least its light
Similar Products Used: stock p2 seat, lots of junk on junk bikes
Bike Setup: 2003 specialized p2, profile race cranks(175mm/euro), crupi pro round pedals, sram x9 derailer/7.0 gripshift, fydaq/crowbars, hope bulb/decent rims/tires bla bla bla....
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Rob
a Cross Country Rider
from Ft Smith
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2003
Strengths: Comfy,it fit my butt nicely.Light weight. Nice shock absorbtion.
Weaknesses: It broke off of the rails, the nose of the saddle is held by 2 tiny little 1/2" long screws in plastic. A large amount of leverage is placed on these. The long ride without a saddle was not pleasant. I weigh 175 lbs. and am a trailrider,no freeride,dirtjumping etc. so I dont believe that the saddle was overburdoned.
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It was great for a month. Fizik's US importer replaced it with a new one really fast. I'm just worried that it'll break like the first one.
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andy
a Cross Country Rider
from wyoming
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2003
Strengths: Comfort, durability, looks
Weaknesses: none
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This is a great saddle for me. Saddle comfort obviously is a very personal issue, however the giro pave is awesome. I have it on both my road and mountain bikes. Durability has been good, looks great! I rate it 4 chilis just because there is no bike component made yet that rates 5.
Bike Setup: Schwinn Homegrown full suspension, judy w total air, xt/xtr,truvativ stylo team, eggbeaters.
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Don Pyle
a Cross Country Rider
from Oslo, Norway
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2003
Strengths: Light, strong
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
Took 6 months to break this in. Was worried about the TI rails (heavy rider) but no problems. Cool look, not the usual stock saddle. Like the many colour and material options available when when using Fizik's online order shop. Delivery took only 4 days!! Very satisfied with this product.
Similar Products Used: Flite's,nitrox,Bontrager,Velo,SDG.
Bike Setup: currently in my roadbike
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Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from connecticut
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2002
Strengths: This saddle is very light, it also is tough and looks nice. It is very stiff as well. The saddle uses nice materials and is well made.
Weaknesses: It's really hard! Don't even think of trying to ride your biek around with this seat without padded shorts. Even with the right equipment it really hurts. My legs get tired faster with this seat because I have to stand most of the time. There isn't very much padding under the leather, and the padding is very hard.
Bottom Line:
This saddle may appeal to riders who are very concerned about weight. It might also appeal to racers, or anyone who spends little time on the saddle. I don't like this saddle, I took it off my bike and replaced it with the Specialized Prolong that I had. It's narrow, so if you like to brace your legs against the saddle while your going over technical terrain, this might not be a good choice.
Similar Products Used: Other Fizik saddle. Bontrager. Specialized Prolong with Manganese rails. The specialized is nice.
Bike Setup: Giant XTC SE 1. Marzocchi Atom Bomb Z.2 Fork. System 3 stem (I have never seen another, I got it with the frame on eBay). Dia Compe Power 11 brake levers. XT crankset, derailleurs, cassette. SRAM griphshifts (I will change soon). Pedros Slimwalls grips. Shimano LX and Deore hubs, mavic rims. FSA headset with Conix.
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Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Dublin, Ohio
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2001
Strengths: light, comfortable, bomb proof
Weaknesses: ???
Bottom Line:
recommend the saddle. longest ride is close to 4 hours w/out any problems.
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