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Submitted by
Martin Salter
a Weekend Warrior
from Listowel, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Purchased At: | Bike Builder | | Weaknesses: | The front forks are a piece of $!#^ I've already had two or three of the forks that I have had to re-tap or replace completely. Someone at Schwinn should of looked at the design of the nut in the forks and realized that if you tack weld a nut it will deform. I've already destroyed a couple fo the top bolts trying to put it together. Find another way of doing it. | | Similar Products Used: | Raleigh, Supercycle, other schwinn bikes | | Bottom Line: | Look at the design before making another chopper bike | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Captain Ginyu
a Weekend Warrior
from Madison, WI, USA
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Kettle Moraine | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Gift | | Strengths: | Great looks. really brings out the colors (mine's red) in the decals and components. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | WTB SST-K ti | | Bike Setup: | GT LTS, custom build | | Bottom Line: | I had to swap this from my Schwinn because the embroidery on the SST was chafing my sit bones. I was going to buy a new saddle, but when I weighed both on the diet scale (probably a little off) the WTB was 265 grams and the Stinger Cro-Mo was 240. So I said, "Screw it, I'll use the Stinger!!" It is a little hard, but I have found that it is more comfortable that way due to it being narrower than the SST. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marty
a Cross Country Rider
from Cleveland
Date Reviewed: March 7, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | buckeye | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Fairview Cycles | | Strengths: | Weight, strength, looks. Durability. Kevlar/Titanium, what more can you say? | | Weaknesses: | cost for ti, but you get what you pay for. | | Similar Products Used: | Scott and GT seats | | Bike Setup: | Ibis Alibi, Superfly, xtr | | Bottom Line: | I really like a seat that doesn't get shredded into a million pieces at the first 25mph crash. It washes clean everytime. As for you weenies that complain about pain, the only time the seat hurts is during spring's preseason road rides. The rest of the season I am off the seat constanly, thats mountian biking. Go buy a fat cruiser with an old lady seat you loosers. Listen close and maybe you can hear my violin playing for you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Miller
a Weekend Warrior
from Littleton, CO
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Looks; It's light | | Weaknesses: | Comfort is not a problem- you get used to it quick. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized '99 FSR; XTR with XT crankset; RS Sid XC | | Bottom Line: | This seat gets more comments than the bike itself. Makes the bike much, much cooler. Chicks really dig it! But if you have problems with a stiff seat, don't get it because there ain't much padding there. Staples on bottom side seem cheap, but I've been using it for 2 years and there's no problems with it. If this one wears out I just hope I can find a replacement. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill Pod
a Cross Country Rider
from Baltimore, MD
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Looks dope. Feels fine. Cheap. | | Weaknesses: | I guess it's heavy. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000 | | Bottom Line: | It looks great and it's not uncomfortable. On long, 2+ mile, uphills I sometimes get a little numbness, but that's no worse than with the Bontrager seat that I replaced. Maybe that just means my old seat wasn't very good, but it is definitely acceptable when it comes to comfort.
And did I mention it looks cool? | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Albuquerque
Date Reviewed: March 27, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Sandia Foothills | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | looks looks looks looks looks price price | | Weaknesses: | The staples on the bottom are a little loose but hey all sadles do that after a year of riding and wrecking | | Similar Products Used: | Tecno, avocet, Bontrager | | Bike Setup: | Litespeed Hiwasse with xtxomponents and a thompson seatpost.
It's the ugly litespeed where they painted the beautiful frame yellow | | Bottom Line: | This seat just looks really great I have a yellow frame and blue frame trim, bluue brakelevers, and blue pedals,so the seat screamed buy me buy me.it's so retro with the color and the stripes and the glitter and such but very modern with the shape. I was worried it mightbe a little slippery but it isn't at all. Alot of people say it isn't comfortable and there poor little buts hurt but hey that's life if your but hurts ride a roadbike with a fat sadle with springs. I'm very skinny so my ass always hurts a little after a two hour ride. This is the only part I've ever bought that weighs more than the part it replaced but when you ride titanium you can gain a few grams for something this damn coooooooooooool. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gr8Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Mayberry, NC
Date Reviewed: November 9, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Light | | Weaknesses: |
Extra Painful. Too wide in the middle, which causes very painful saddle rub and very sore leg/torso connection. | | Similar Products Used: |
Vetta Seat | | Bike Setup: |
The seat comes stock on a 99 Schwinn S-10. Just bought the bike and have ridden it 30 minutes and had to dismount because of the pain in the general buttox area. The bike rides as advertised (maybe a bit soft for my taste and size.) | | Bottom Line: | BURN THIS HEAP OF CRAP. Light don't make it right. Schwinn needs to make their designers ride these 'masterpeices' before they try to sell them to the public. The seat will be set ablaze as soon as it is replaced... Want photos? | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob magee
a Downhiller
from toroto ontario
Date Reviewed: August 5, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
just urban safari's | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
style, light, style, style | | Weaknesses: |
low sperm count
hurts to pee
sore chowder | | Bike Setup: |
s-20
fs-ti palmer forks | | Bottom Line: | Buy it for looks alone. Hounestly!!! This is the sweetest, corniest, most intelligent looking seat i've ever looked apon. If your riding, or sitingt down a lot then just buy this for the weekend rides or races. I've never put any value on superficial apperiances untill now. This seat is straight from hell and I love it. I'm still buying a better saddle tho | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg
a Weekend Warrior
from Minneapolis
Date Reviewed: August 3, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Fort Snelling / Airport Area | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Light Weight | | Weaknesses: |
Painful | | Similar Products Used: |
My Old Avocet Gel | | Bike Setup: |
Stock S20. Carbon frame w/ aluminum back half, judy xc's, etc. I love the rest of the bike. | | Bottom Line: | I can see from the array of opinions that that's just what they are. For me, this thing has hurt my undersides for at least 24 hours after each of the half dozen times I've ridden it. (All rides at least an hour, road and trail combined). I will attempt to retrieve the Avocet Gel I had on my last bike, or set out to buy something else like it. This Scwinn seat is really light, along with the rest of the bike, but I probably won't even ride it again until I get a different seat. Gets 2 stars because I'll bet it's more comfortable than the post alone! | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Racer X
a Racer
from College Park, MD
Date Reviewed: May 4, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
-fairly light weight
-sparkles
-racing stripe makes it look fast | | Weaknesses: |
-maybe a little uncomfy for some riders
-staples on the bottom? | | Similar Products Used: |
WTB SST, Flite, SDG Bel Air | | Bike Setup: |
Aluminum Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | This saddle is pretty cool. That is the first impression that everyone says when they see the saddle. It's sparkly, remarked one friend (hey guys, it gets the chics!). But on the technical side, the kevlars sides prevent those premature tears that cut short standard saddle life. However, the staples at the bottom of my saddle have satrted to separate. I have had the saddle for more than a year, so that's a good service life. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gill Fargo
a Cross-Country Rider
from East Bumble, Vt
Date Reviewed: April 10, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Bottom Line: | Nice seat, durable, but is very uncomfortable even after a short ride... Personal preference certainly comes to play when purchasing a saddle, but I opted to swith out this stock saddle with a Giro Fizik instead. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Terre Haute, IN
Date Reviewed: March 30, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Good padding | | Weaknesses: |
too narrow | | Similar Products Used: |
WTB SST | | Bike Setup: |
Schwinn S-20 | | Bottom Line: | I only used this saddle for one or two rides. It made certain parts numb, even with full suspension. Test ride it before you buy. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a cross-country rider
from The Mountains of TN
Date Reviewed: February 19, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
This saddle rocks. It is the saddle that comes stock on several '98 schwinn bikes, but I bought it from my dealer. It is just long enough that you feels like a Flite, yet it is cushiony and smooth looking. It is available in several glittery colors and Ti rails or Cro-mo rails. Great seat fro the money as that it is very comfortable. The Kevlar edges are nice too. | | Overall Rating: |
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