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Aeolus Elite Saddle Placement

Old 04-14-21, 04:48 PM
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Aeolus Elite Saddle Placement

Last year I bought a Bontrager Aeolus Elite Saddle to replace the stock Bontrager Affinity saddle. The Affinity saddle was 480mm from nose to the center of the bar - placed by a professional fitter. The Aeolus is 250mm in length compared to the usual 270mm. The directions for the Aeolus said place the nose 10mm further back from where the previous saddle. Thus, I put the Aeolus at 470mm nose to bar even though it is 20mm shorter in length. I like the saddle. It fits me well (even though I am not a racer).

My question to the experts is - in your experience is the placement of the shorter Aeolus back 10mm from where the the previous saddle was normal even though it is 20mm shorter? I know some of the answers may be if I'm comfortable in it then it is good. But, I'm curious if I could be more comfortable and I know I could move it back another 10mm and give it a try.

Just curious of what some of your experiences are with the Aeolus saddle.

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Old 04-19-21, 04:17 PM
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I put it 20mm back compared to my long saddle and I tilted it 2% down with a board on top. It's a saddle that you have to get adjusted just right or it won't work for you.
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You can move it as far forward or backward as you want as many times as it takes to figure out where you want it.

However the closer you are to one end or the other the more chance of breaking a rail. So if you find out it needs to be there, then you might want to consider a post with the appropriate setback or no setback.
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Thank you both for your comments.
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