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Submitted by
Ryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Kingston, ON
Date Reviewed: 5/2/2008 1:56:46 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $1 |
| Strengths: | its better than nothing |
| Weaknesses: | too soft, too narrow, makes for a sore ass |
| Bike Setup: | Stock 2007 Gary Fisher Hifi |
| Bottom Line: | This seat plain sucks, after about 1hr of riding I start to feel my sit bones hurting, by 2hrs+ its hard to sit on and for 3days after riding it feels like my ass is brused, yes its that bad. A new seat is hopefully on the way soon. |
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Submitted by
Josh
a Weekend Warrior
from see below
Date Reviewed: 4/27/2008 6:44:11 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | see below |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | see below |
| Strengths: | n/a |
| Weaknesses: | n/a |
| Similar Products Tried: | n/a |
| Bike Setup: | n/a |
| Bottom Line: | This is an update to my below review. Today I kicked off the pedals and came straight down on my saddle. Not the hardest I've ever done it, but the hardest to date on this bike. Saddle rails just collapsed! Well, at least I won't have any problem getting a warranty seat, but still. What a bummer. |
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Submitted by
Josh
a Weekend Warrior
from S.E. Michigan
Date Reviewed: 4/24/2008 10:02:51 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | wherever I end up |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | American Cycle and Fitness, Sterling Heights |
| Strengths: | Fairly light, looks good. Comfortable and agile. |
| Weaknesses: | Could be too hard/narrow for the larger riders. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Selle something from the 90's, various other saddles. |
| Bike Setup: | 07 Tassajara |
| Bottom Line: | Good saddle if you want something low profile but still comfortable. I commute 5 miles to work 5-6 days a week and ride trails and street on the same bike as well. In fact I just did a 30 mile on/off road cruise without any notable discomfort. Much better than the old Selle. I have a SR Respiro I want to try, but I just don't have any reason to swap out the Bontrager! |
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Submitted by
Frank
a Weekend Warrior
from Las Vegas, NV, USA
Date Reviewed: 12/12/2007 11:44:58 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | the kind for mountain biking |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | -free from a friend -it's a place to sit -light (of course, not having a saddle would be light as well) |
| Weaknesses: | -each time I ride, it takes a day to recover -I've sat on park benches more comfortable |
| Bottom Line: | I probably don't ride as often as I should to get the rock solid rear-end it requires to feel comfortable on a seat like this. The pro racers seem to have glutes of steel and could probably ride something like this. Of course, they could probably ride on a sheet of titanium and still not feel any pain. If your not one of these, though, do yourself a favor and buy a seat that won't leave you regretting the ride the next day. |
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Submitted by
George
a Weekend Warrior
from Philadelphia
Date Reviewed: 9/4/2007 8:11:59 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Cheaper than a vasectomy. |
| Bottom Line: | Worst seat on the face of the planet. PAINFUL! Came equipped on a new Trek I purchased. This isn't my first rodeo, but after riding that bike for an hour I would rather have a bull kick me in the balls than hop on that thing again. If you have an annoying co-worker/friend/relative that wants to ride with you give them this seat as a gift. They will never bother you again. Seriously, the worst saddle I have ever ridden. |
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Submitted by
CK
a Cross Country Rider
from NSB, FL USA
Date Reviewed: 9/2/2007 12:51:45 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Snow Hill |
| Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only |
| Strengths: | None to note |
| Weaknesses: | poor construction, too much flex |
| Similar Products Tried: | Bontrager Race, WTB Rocket V, WTB Silverado |
| Bike Setup: | Pieced together hardtail... a little of everything |
| Bottom Line: | While building a hardtail to use mostly on the road (in Florida the sand gets too soft during the summer to ride most trails) I tried this saddle out. MISTAKE. If it comes on your bike.. throw it out... If not, don't purchase it. The saddle flexed and bent instead of supporting and felt awful! I got mine for free and still returned it |
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Submitted by
Brandon
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbia
Date Reviewed: 7/5/2007 10:07:23 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Rock Bridge |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Weaknesses: | It hurts... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Bontrager Sport |
| Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Marlin 07 Stock |
| Bottom Line: | I had the Bontrager Sport on my Trek 820 and now I have the Bontrager Select and both of them seemed to hurt quite a bit after riding for more than an hour. When riding 2-3 hours, I have to take breaks and just stand so I can give my rear a rest. Are these things supposed to hurt like this? |
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Submitted by
PHIL BOYER
from SALT LAKE CITY
Date Reviewed: 6/18/2007 8:48:24 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | BIG WATER/WASATCH CREST |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | CAME ON BIKE |
| Strengths: | HONESTLY CAN'T THINK OF ANY |
| Weaknesses: | SEEMS CUSHIONY TO THE TOUCH BUT ONCE YOU BEGIN RIDING IT BECOMES PURE TORTURE. THE FIRST 2 SEASONS I'D GET USED TO IT AFTER 4-5 RIDES. GOING INTO MY 3RD SEASON APPARENTLY IT HAS BEGUN TO BREAK DOWN AND I HAVE BEEN OUT 10-12 TIMES. MY ASS HURTS WORSE THAN EVER. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A WEEK OFF JUST RECOVER. |
| Similar Products Tried: | CANNONDALE AND TREK (CANNOT RECALL WHICH MODELS) |
| Bike Setup: | STOCK KLEIN PALOMINO V. XT/LX DRIVE TRAIN, HAYES NINE DISC BRAKES, LX CRANKS. |
| Bottom Line: | OBVIOUSLY DURING MY WEEK OFF I WILL BE BUYING A NEW SADDLE. MY ADVICE IS IF YOU ARE BUYING A BIKE AND THIS SADDLE COMES STOCK, INSIST THAT YOUR BIKE SHOP SWAP IT OUT FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE! |
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Submitted by
Stephen
a Weekend Warrior
from Silver Spring, MD
Date Reviewed: 6/6/2007 6:04:26 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | came on Trek 6500 |
| Strengths: | Cheap? Kinda light? Feels soft to the touch? |
| Weaknesses: | The padding is FAR too soft to be effective. Your weight will immediately compress it and you'll be sitting on the hard plastic. It will bruise your ass-bones severely if you ride >1hr. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Selle Italia Flite Gel, various seats bikes come w/ |
| Bike Setup: | Old Trek 7005 aluminum hardtail w/ Fox F100X shock |
| Bottom Line: | Padding too soft to do any good. When I use it, I'll have bruises for days. The wife took my selle italia flite gel so now I have to go buy another or suffer riding the bontrager again... |
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Submitted by
Isaac Molin
a Cross Country Rider
from Minneapolis
Date Reviewed: 5/12/2007 12:35:07 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Hillside |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | Ramsey Bicycle |
| Strengths: | It is fairly light. It's narrow so you can move around on it. It has a good length. |
| Weaknesses: | The thing fell apart on me. My friend bought a bike with the same saddle on it. His did the same thing except even sooner, and he rodeit less.On both the saddles the back right rail or frame of the saddle collapsed. On mine the front plastic piece came out which caused the rail to come loose. The plastic piece catches your shorts and I'm afraid it might catch something a little more personal than my shorts. |
| Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Wahoo Disc 05 |
| Bottom Line: | the saddle will work excellent for a little while, but I would start looking for a different one as soon as you start using this one, because the odds are its going to break. Poor product. |
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Submitted by
Gort Klatu
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Rosa, CA
Date Reviewed: 4/23/2007 3:38:13 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Purchased At: | Came with Bike |
| Strengths: | Mostly comfortable. |
| Weaknesses: | The thing fell appart. My wife has the same seat and that fell apart. Not sure of the technical terms but the metal frame came out of the plastic thing that held it in. (I weigh in at 170 so it wasn't me.) |
| Similar Products Tried: | Whatever came on my two-ton huffy from 1987. |
| Bike Setup: | Fisher Piranha. All Stock for now. |
| Bottom Line: | If it came on your bike, wait for the thing to break as it will more than likely do. If you're still in the warranty period, take it back to the shop for an upgrade. If you are looking for a new saddle, keep looking. Like a swift wind across the grasslands, this thing blows goats. |
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Submitted by
Brian
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: 4/16/2007 7:02:15 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Greenbelt |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | Bicycle Sports Shop (stock on bike) |
| Strengths: | Looks ok |
| Weaknesses: | Painful! Also apparently not very durable. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Other stock saddles |
| Bike Setup: | '06 Gary Fisher Marlin |
| Bottom Line: | This saddle is what came with my bike, as well as two of my friend's Trek bikes. It is quite painful to ride long distances, or any kind of bumpy trail. Usually I don't notice it too much until I get back on the saddle a week later. By butt still hurts! My friend had a similar experience (we're both pretty thin bony guys), bought a new Specialized saddle and says it is much, much better. This is after the rails on his seat bent from something he doesn't even remember doing to it. Part of the plastic housing on the bottom side is already coming off of mine, and I've only taken it out riding about 4 times now. I'm buying a new WTB Rocket V Race to try out. Hopefully its better than this, it couldn't be that hard to beat. Hopefully Trek/GF will wake up and start putting on a different default saddle. |
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Submitted by
cooter
a Weekend Warrior
from Mass
Date Reviewed: 7/27/2006 8:20:28 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Incredibly comfortable but still narrow and easy to move around on. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Terry Fly |
| Bottom Line: | I thought I would never ride without my Terry Fly until this seat came stock my new bike. Its fits me perfect. It feels a little thicker than the Terry, but not distractingly plush. |
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