LarrySellerz

good luck bro, are you going to climb mt fugi sometime? Ive heard thats an insane climb

tajimirich

That's a pretty long ride, over a number of insane climbs, from me so.. yeah, someday, naturally

tajimirich

There we have it. So far so good. Smaller than previous, but I found myself having to reposition on previous so I'm thinking I'll like the smaller scope for shifting. Also far less pressure when I'm going down to my "drops"

AlgarveCycling

Good choice! Selle Italia are my favourite.

I have a Selle Italia Carbon Superflow SLR Boost on my Wilier and it is light (122g) and very comfortable; 6-7 hr rides no problem. I have a Bontrager Montrose Pro on my Trek that is also nice but I prefer the Selle Italia.

Racing Dan

This is true. More money = less weight (less padding, more carbon, more titanium etc.) Not more comfort, as a general rule. However the road bike orthodoxy says more seat padding = less comfort, leading ppl to try ever more expensive and un-comfortable seats + 1/2" diaper pants to make up for the too hard seat

ZHVelo

May I ask, do you stay in an aggressive position the whole ride, or also ride more upright?

ZHVelo

My problem is that I need oval rails, which means carbon rails, and the saddles with carbon rails are the expensive ones. I would love to just buy maybe 3-4 inexpensive saddles to test them for the price of a single one with carbon rails. I mean the saddles tend to be the same, just different shell and rails.

AlgarveCycling

Both roughly equal on most days. Never all of one or the other.

Today I did 3 hours, at least half of that was in the drops trying to keep up with my training partner.

I tend to move around a lot, aero on levers, drops, more upright on levers, seated, standing...all, but that's in fitting with the terrain locally which is hilly.

SoSmellyAir

Why do you need oval rails? I know some seat posts where the rails are installed on either side of the head have different clamps for different rails, but can you not just swap the clamps?

So far I have bought two Ergon SR-3 Pro (made by Selle Italia), in black and white, an Astvte Starline Pilarga, and a Fabric Race Shallow Team. I buy saddles to try when they are about to be discontinued.

ZHVelo

And you notice no difference in the saddle when you sit more upright with a less forward rotated pelvis?

Also, how is the back support from the Selle, it does have a raised rear so should in theory help the back.

This model is on my shortlist of saddles to try hence all the questions.

AlgarveCycling

I don't, no. To me, this is one of the most comfortable saddles I've owned. I have the saddle mounted pretty flat and find it supports me well enough.

But saddles are subjective things, like shoes, everyone is different and small things can mean different experiences. Selle has a model sizing and type guide on their website that worked for me when shortlisting.

tajimirich

For the record my first impressions of my new Selle is that I can go down to the drops far far far more easily and comfortably

Sy Reene

Decided to sorta try a variant of one of these out. As mentioned, I have a standard length SP-01 which I really like a lot, but out of interest, and reading through this thread, found from searching around the SI website the 'gravel' version SLR Boost superflow. Seems to be similar but with a touch of gel padding added. We'll see I guess. I'm just not sure the point of the stubby saddles aside from chopping off the front few cms and saving that tiny bit of weight.

ZHVelo

Thanks!