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Description:The goal of ultra lightweight construction is fully achieved in the SLR. Just 160 grams with nothing sacrificed in terms of technical specifications. Thanks to a combination of features including carbon shell, padding fashioned from EVA (closed-cell foam weighing only 5 grams), and a featherweight tubular Titanium rail that weighs just 45 grams.The 165-gram SLR XP model will feature a rail made of Tubular Vanox and extra padding.
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Submitted by
ex
a Cross Country Rider
from california
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Strengths: | nothing because it breaks and you cant use it. | | Weaknesses: | Extremely weak. The carbon piece that holds the nose of the titanium rails breaks. I only weigh 150 lbs. Warranty is useless, person who works there does not care about anything. Sounds like he used to be in sales and wants you to buy another one. Useless. | | Similar Products Used: | wtb, tioga, specialized | | Bike Setup: | light bike. | | Bottom Line: | I was going uphill! and the pressure from me pushing on the saddle caused the front carbon piece that holds the front of the rails to snap! I cant believe it broke. They said that I had put too much pressure on it when I called them after mailing it to their warranty department. They wouldnt help me. I wont ever buy another selle product with a warranty department like this, there's too many other good companies out there making saddles. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Vlad
a Cross Country Rider
from Romania
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Light, comfortable, flexible | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized, Ritchey, Velo | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Taurine Team | | Bottom Line: | I am a cross country racer and this is the best saddle I've ever had. It's light, comfortable and I like it a lot ... If you are searching for these 2 components for a saddle you must have one.
I had use it for road training and also for off road training.
Another thing to notice: please use a cycling bib for it. For the city use is kinda crappy (with jeans or other pants) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Caley Fretz
a Racer
from Fort Collins, CO
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Pines | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | weight, good flex, no slip leather cover. | | Weaknesses: | soft cover is not too durable, but what do you expect from a seat designed for road use? Just don't crash too much. | | Similar Products Used: | Fizik nisene, aliante and arione
SLR xc | | Bike Setup: | Orbea alma, x.0, sid, etc | | Bottom Line: | If it fits your butt, its one of the most comfortable saddles out there. If you can try before you buy, go for it. Saddles are very personal. Seems that those with skinny hips fit this saddle best, based on teammates/friends who ride it and like it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kenny Knockaert
a Cross Country Rider
from Belgium
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | fashion4cycling | | Strengths: | Light (97gr) | | Weaknesses: | Some would find it hard (I don't) | | Similar Products Used: | multiple selle italia and san marco models | | Bike Setup: | Endorfin speed-r with Rohloff speedhub and German-a front suspention | | Bottom Line: | Best saddle ever. It is light, strong and I find it confty aswell. It made a cracking sound for a while but ive salved that with a little grease in the rail assembly pionts. Never came back | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Atom Eyes
a Cross Country Rider
from Wilmington DE US
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Strengths: | SLR XP light, sleek - easy on and off the back, stiff, comfortable. | | Weaknesses: | none I can find | | Similar Products Used: | different wtb saddles, first racing saddle | | Bike Setup: | haro mary ss | | Bottom Line: | many xc miles, many wrecks, still looks and performs like new. A comfy saddle that improved my control of the bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marek
a Cross Country Rider
from Tuchola, Poland
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$115.00 | | Purchased At: | Centrumrowerowe.pl | | Strengths: | This is for SLR XC gel flow
Very light, very comfortable, it looks like new after 2000km | | Weaknesses: | This is for SLR XC gel flow
Price is high but on the other hand it's worth it! | | Similar Products Used: | Kbix ultra pro race (very bad saddle), author asd mega tt | | Bike Setup: | Simplon mythos, reba, mavic xm517, xt components, slr xc | | Bottom Line: | This is for SLR XC gel flow
Very good saddle. It looks aggresive but it's amazingly comfortable. Once you try it and you will not like any other saddle! It's perfect saddle for xc. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Iwan Kemp
a Racer
from Cape Town, South Africa
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Eden / Delvera Blk Route | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1350.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Factory Store | | Strengths: | This is for the SLR XC Kevlar: Comfortable, very light, tough | | Weaknesses: | None for me | | Similar Products Used: | Fi;zi'k's, Other Selle Italia's | | Bike Setup: | Titus Moto Lite II | | Bottom Line: | For me this is the most comfortable saddle I have ever tried. Prefer it over the Gobi as it has a more pronounced "seated section". Easier to get off the back and especially back on. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Martijn
a Cross Country Rider
from Arnhem (Netherlands)
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Veluwezoom Rheden | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came on with the bike | | Strengths: | Light (165 gr), fits well | | Weaknesses: | Strength: the rail broke | | Similar Products Used: | WTB (lasts for already 6 years) on my previous bike | | Bike Setup: | Idworx Special Marathon 2005 (Magura Ronin fork , SRAM X0 gearing, Truvativ GXP team crank, Magura FIRM tech HS33, Crossmax SL, Schwalbe Racing Ralph / Nobby Nic, Thomson seat post / steer) | | Bottom Line: | An absolute weight weenie product! Bought the bike second hand and most (extreme) light weight parts are falling a part (tune bar ends / Bottom bracket / SLR saddle).
My weight: 75 kgs / usage: XC
I will replace the saddle with a heavier (250 gr) and hopefully more robust saddle (Fizik Gobi).
Value: a lot of money if you have to replace it within 2 years
Overall: Really light and comfortable but you might pay the price as lightness introduces less strength | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
david
a Cross Country Rider
from San Antonio, Texas
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | bikeworld-alamo heights | | Strengths: | quality craftmanship, durable | | Weaknesses: | not for someone who doesn't ride a lot | | Similar Products Used: | flite, c2 | | Bike Setup: | custom litespeed, full xtr, king hubs and headset, thompson seatpost and stem, 959 pedals | | Bottom Line: | excellent freaking saddle after you get your sit bones in shape | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a Cross Country Rider
from Medford, Oregon, USA
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | catwalk | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Blue Sky | | Strengths: | Light, Comfortable | | Weaknesses: | weak | | Similar Products Used: | FSA carbon | | Bike Setup: | 06 Kona Kikapu custom build (mostly FSA) | | Bottom Line: | It broke | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chad
a Cross Country Rider
from Beijing
Date Reviewed: January 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Xiangshan | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Flying Ball | | Strengths: | SLR XC Gel Flow: This is a nice saddle however..... Weight is good, however ... | | Weaknesses: | Vanox rail craked. | | Similar Products Used: | SDG, Coda | | Bike Setup: | Blur - top of the line parts | | Bottom Line: | I've had this saddle less then a year. Ride some pretty technical single track here in Beijing but I would expect that a top of the line saddle to have quality construction and to have been properly product tested. I hear from the bike shop in Hong Kong where I purchased the saddle that cracked rails are a common problem. No warrenty.
I am off to the Cape Epic in March and am somewhat glad to have cracked the saddle during training. Would not want have started a 130 k leg of the race and break the rail. My buddy has one too but will replace it before the race. No confidence in the product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
RACINGMIX Digital Lifestyle & Global Vision
a Weekend Warrior
from East Bay San Francisco
Date Reviewed: December 31, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Iron Horse Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Guess! | | Strengths: | Looks, Weight, Quality, Construction, Name Recognition, HARD. | | Weaknesses: | HARD. | | Similar Products Used: | WTB, Selle Italia, Avocet | | Bike Setup: | Bianchi SASS & Redline Monocog with Thomson Masterpiece & Elite seatposts. | | Bottom Line: | I am 200lbs. 6'1" and a beast of a man. I ride fast with my fixed gear buddies on their road bikes. They all use Fizik Arione, Selle Flites, etc. I ride the SLR on a mountain bike singlespeed and after 2 weeks of riding it, my butt acclimated to the seat and I wish not to use any other seat than the Selle Italia SLR. You have seen many seats on the market copy the SLR design - the original is the best. The leather and construction is obviously Italian and Selle Italia's finest seat to date. You can find the SLR XP version (165g vs 135g) on ebay for $80, the original goes for a bit more. I have both the XP and original and the XP has slightly more padding on the seat and different graphics... the rails are made of "vanox" not "titanium" like the 135g version. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeff free
a Cross Country Rider
from harrisburg,pa usa
Date Reviewed: September 15, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | iron cross in michaux st forest | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | holmes cyclry | | Strengths: | verrryy light | | Weaknesses: | I haven't found any except for price. | | Similar Products Used: | flight, specialized body geometry, air o2 | | Bike Setup: | Lightspeed blue ridge touring | | Bottom Line: | The very day after I bought and installed this saddle i pedaled to the trexlertown velodrome 85 miles from home and it performed extremely well: very comfortable and painless.
The construction of this SLR works as designed. It has
rough road/berm forgivness and keeps you supported well and in comfort at least with chamoi'd shorts that is. It works
like my favorite saddle in 35 years of riding - the Flite original. I would have replaced it exactly but it was out of stock so I thought I'd stick with the same manufacturer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a
from Pittsburgh
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$95.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Great shape, comfortable on long rides with a chamois. Looks great and weighs nothing. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Bottom Line: | I got this saddle new from overstockwarehouse on ebay. Got it at a great price considering the list price. Made the mistake of taking a ride without cycling shorts one time and it was a little uncomfortable. With a chamois though, my backside has never felt better. The cutout is just right, and the gelflow definitely helps. The Kevlar on the rear is also a plus. I have gond down a couple times and it hasn't even scratched. Plus it looks really cool. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | MBC | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | Breaks | | Similar Products Used: | Seats that don't break | | Bottom Line: | After a few months riding light XC the seats starts creaking then a rail snaps, other rail not far off it either... waste of time, you can't head out for a ride with confidence that your seat will last.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg
a Racer
from VA
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Weight
Shape
Comfort | | Weaknesses: | Price | | Similar Products Used: | Normal SLR, Various SDG Saddles | | Bike Setup: | Various bikes, this review is for the SLR XC! | | Bottom Line: | I've had a few normal SLR's on a few bikes and it has quickly become my favorite saddle. There are durability issues with a normal SLR though. So I thought I'd try the SLR XC. I honestly have not been so impressed with a new bike part ever. My first test on the saddle was a 12hour Race on a suspension-less Klein Fixed gear. And the only butt pain during the whole race was in the Porto-Jon. The only problem is I want this 140.00 saddle on all of my bikes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ozelise
a Cross Country Rider
from Sydney AU
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Gt North Rd, Wisemans Ferry | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Review for SLC XC gelflow:Light, perfect shape for my butt, easy to setup, easy on my ischium. Looks great and well crafted | | Weaknesses: | Price, but I got a reasonable deal from my LBS who sold an Anthem LE (SLR OEM) to a customer with his own seat. | | Similar Products Used: | WTB Rocket V, SDG Bel Air | | Bike Setup: | NRS Composite, Raceface next bars/post, Deus Cranks, XT/XTR | | Bottom Line: | Not for everyone, but perfect for me (88kgs XC rider). Comfortable all day long in the saddle, gelflow padding adds comfort to your important bits and cutout in the right place. Well crafted quality product. Shaved 130 gms off my old seat (WTB) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J
a Racer
from Birmingham, AL
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Oak Mtn. | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | awesome shape, some flex to the shell, of course weight, oh and it looks great | | Weaknesses: | little padding; maybe price, but great quality | | Similar Products Used: | flite, Terry fly(bad), fizik plateau(good saddle), others | | Bike Setup: | scalpel, xtr, lefty, yada yada | | Bottom Line: | fits my hiney perfectly, the shell flexes enough to help with the ride, i've tried many saddles over the years and i always thought more padding=more comfort, maybe not so. it's the shape that's the most important and this one is great. there's a good reason so many people like it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Richard Loufek
a Weekend Warrior
from Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | light and fairly comfortable. | | Weaknesses: | Broke the rear rail bracket after less than 2 months of use. I am a cross-country rider and not doing any real radical stuff. Selle said the SLR is NOT for a mountain bike, so no warranty. Good-bye $$ | | Similar Products Used: | Selle Italia Ti Flite, Specialized Alias | | Bottom Line: | Way to weak to be used on a mountain bike. Would have been nice to know before wasting $$. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon
a Cross Country Rider
from PA
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$72.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | breaks easily, breaks easily, breaks easily | | Similar Products Used: | san marco, fizik... | | Bike Setup: | Voodoo Bizango turned single speed | | Bottom Line: | If you are a roadie, or sponsored pro who doesn't have to pay for parts this saddle is for you. As other complaints have shown, the SLR doesn't have a long life span for xc riders. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christoph
a Cross Country Rider
from Stuttgart
Date Reviewed: March 7, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Very light and still quite comfortable (depending on rider's weight) | | Weaknesses: | very sensitive to chrashes, maybe a bit expensive | | Similar Products Used: | Selle Italia Flite | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain Element Race | | Bottom Line: | Depending on your weight (mine is 160 pounds) and experience in the saddle, this item is still excellent after over 3 years of usage.
Even crossing the Alpes in Europe with backpack, it still didn't feel uncomfortable!
In my opinion, it's more comfortable than the Flite | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a Racer
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Suntop | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | All over the place | | Strengths: | Extremely light, very strong and damn comfy | | Weaknesses: | Delicate leather! Don't crash! Also probably not the best for 4+ hours training rides | | Similar Products Used: | OEM saddles with similar shape, Flites, Fizik Arione, Gobe | | Bike Setup: | Pro set up cyclocross and xc hardtail mtb. Everthing light, fast and top of the line! | | Bottom Line: | I've been racing on this saddle for about 5 years (multiple saddles of course). They don't seem to hold up for much more than 1 or 2 race seasons. Especially for cyclocross, (re-mounts and mud shaffing) The leather wears through or tears easily. I race pro, so I don't pay for them, but I would in a heartbeat! I tried a fizik arione for road training, but I hate it. The stiching in the center makes for a taint grinder. The SLR has a nice flat top and slim profile which seem to be the optimum race shape. I highly recommend! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave lynch
a Cross Country Rider
from blue mts australia
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | oaks fire trail | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | e bay | | Strengths: | very light strong | | Weaknesses: | not good after about 6 hour | | Bottom Line: | great seat i wieght 90 kg [200lbs] and have use it for 3 years and has been great.after about 5 to 6 hours its not good but what eat is ? would buy again if some thing happen to this one | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg Burns
a Racer
from CV
Date Reviewed: November 26, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Magic Carpet | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Eden Bicycles | | Strengths: | Comfy, light | | Weaknesses: | Not for everyone | | Similar Products Used: | WTB speed v, | | Bike Setup: | Stumpjumper all xc rac | | Bottom Line: | Comfy enough for my skinny ass | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Washington, DC
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | This review is of the SLR Gel Flow XC. The saddle is very lightweight and has good give to it. My bum's happy all day on this puppy. Vanox rails are strong enough for me @ 200lbs. The saddle looks great too. It's held up well so far. | | Weaknesses: | Expensive - would be a better value in $70 range. Might be too skinny for some. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock 05 Stumpjumper FSR seat - my bum would hurt about an hour into a ride with that thing. | | Bike Setup: | 05 Stumpy Expert Disc 100 with mass upgrades. | | Bottom Line: | The minimalist seats feel alright - I have no complaints thus far. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Neil
a Racer
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | Condor Cycles London | | Strengths: | sooo light. sooo beautiful. quite comfortable... (TransAm version) | | Weaknesses: | creaks if you don't keep tightening your seat clamp. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized BG Pro, Cannondale VOLVO Team. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale CAAD3 MartynAshton LE, XTR/Ultegra, Mavic X618s on Hope, HS33s, Thomson & Easton EA70 controls, rolling on Specialized All Conditions Pro 26x1.0 | | Bottom Line: | This saddle is amazing - i got the SLR TransAm version, it's the same sheet of carbon, but padded and leathered with a save-your-sex-life cut-out. As said by others, that leather is so thin. but then so's the leather on those kinky black gloves your wife wears, and don't you love it when she strokes you 'down there'?
i weigh 140 lbs, so 18 miles a day across potholed London tarmac is just bearable on this saddle, i've yet to cover more than 40 miles at a time on it. just remember that you must always wear some quality (Pearl Izumi, Assos) shorts.
you also need to keep an ear out for creaking if you aren't always on smooth roads, my Thomson Elite never creaked with my last saddle.
it's just stunnig though, i have never had so many people admire my saddle and ask me about it...
worth every penny. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
robert
a Cross Country Rider
from Los Angeles
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambriabike.com | | Strengths: | Too strong | | Weaknesses: | Too strong | | Bike Setup: | Hard tail, XTR - SRAM - Syncros - White Ind. - Kenda - Maxxis - Sapim CX-Ray - Extralite - Easton - SLR saddle | | Bottom Line: | I thought it would be comfy due to all the good reviews I had read, but it is not comfy at all. My ass still hurts after a 1/2 hour ride around the block this morning & I just weight 130 lbs! I've tried adjusting it from all angles, no difference. They say it takes a while till this saddles seddles down to your anatomy.. don't know about that..don't think so. The geometry is very good for racing since it provides you full control with the bike. But the comfort | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Andy
a
from Davos, Switzerland
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Monstein - Jennisberg | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | 120 | | Strengths: | light | | Weaknesses: | bloody painful after 4 hours | | Similar Products Used: | kei ahnig | | Bike Setup: | Price hardtail, DT swiss ceramics/hug 240 | | Bottom Line: | Very cool looking saddle, just hurts like hell the first few minutes when you get back on it. Fine for up to 4 hours riding (65kg, 3 or more rides a week, mostly pretty good single trail :-P) Does get trashed if you wipe out, or even put the bike upside down to sort out something. Even gets destroyed by denim. Currently thinking about looking for an alternative method of contraception. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom
a Cross Country Rider
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | Ouch ouch ouch! | | Similar Products Used: | Terry flite, zero, Specialized body geometry | | Bike Setup: | Klein Attitude XV | | Bottom Line: | This was the carbon version - no leather. The one key thing about this saddle is.... oh my God, OUCH! I'm not fat (6'1" 165lbs) and am in 2-rides-a-week shape, so I thought I could handle it, but ow! No way. I put the Terry Zero back on and it felt like a Barcalounger. I rate it three combusting turd-tarts because I suppose this saddle would work for someone for some other application. Bottom line: Ow. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt
a Racer
from rough and ready, ca, usa
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | miners trail | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | sooo guchi light....really comfortable. yes. that carbon really flexes | | Weaknesses: | the sides of the saddle crack and rip with every crash...so don't crash | | Similar Products Used: | sele italia flite saddle | | Bike Setup: | kelly delux,sid carbon, 22lbs | | Bottom Line: | < |
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