New saddle

Kenneth Miles said:

My new saddle arrived by this morning's mail from Wiggle, a
Specialized Avatar Gel Saddle £37.99. After fitting I went for a
sixteen mile training ride to test and found it to be very
comfortable. Will go on a longer run next week to test further.

But did you go any faster?

--
Mike

mb said:

Kenneth Miles said:

My new saddle arrived by this morning's mail from Wiggle, a
Specialized Avatar Gel Saddle £37.99. After fitting I went for a
sixteen mile training ride to test and found it to be very
comfortable. Will go on a longer run next week to test further.

But did you go any faster?

Only in my mind.

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk

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mb said:

Kenneth Miles said:

My new saddle arrived by this morning's mail from Wiggle, a
Specialized Avatar Gel Saddle £37.99. After fitting I went for a
sixteen mile training ride to test and found it to be very
comfortable. Will go on a longer run next week to test further.

But did you go any faster?

Only in my mind.

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk

Kenneth

I have looked at these and would be interested to know how you made the
decision re: correct width for you? I note that there are 3 possible
variants but don't know how to measure my sit bones to get the correct one?

Cheers

Paul

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mb said:

Kenneth Miles wrote:

> My new saddle arrived by this morning's mail from Wiggle, a
> Specialized Avatar Gel Saddle £37.99. After fitting I went for a
> sixteen mile training ride to test and found it to be very
> comfortable. Will go on a longer run next week to test further.

But did you go any faster?

Only in my mind.

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk

Kenneth

I have looked at these and would be interested to know how you made the
decision re: correct width for you? I note that there are 3 possible
variants but don't know how to measure my sit bones to get the correct one?

Cheers

Paul

I was told by the rep at the outdoors show where they were on display
that if you went to one of their agents they would measure you.
As I bought mine of Wiggle and have always found that a narrow saddle
suits me best I went for the 130 size.
Hope this helps Paul.

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk

Quoted message said:

I was told by the rep at the outdoors show where they were on display that
if you went to one of their agents they would measure you.
As I bought mine of Wiggle and have always found that a narrow saddle
suits me best I went for the 130 size.
Hope this helps Paul.

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk

Thanks Kenneth. As I don't have either an LBS or other facility I'd just be
interested to learn if any of the other ng readers know of away to measure
your sit bone width? Would save me guessing.

Cheers,

Paul

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Thanks Kenneth. As I don't have either an LBS or other facility I'd
just be interested to learn if any of the other ng readers know of
away to measure your sit bone width? Would save me guessing.

Sit down on hands. You feel the boney bits? Measure centre to centre.
The saddle width you require varies depending on how upright your riding
position (I /think/ it's wider for a more upright position). I'll sneak
into my local specialized dealer on Monday or Tuesday and sneakily
photograph their bum measurer.

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Quoted message said:

Thanks Kenneth. As I don't have either an LBS or other facility I'd
just be interested to learn if any of the other ng readers know of
away to measure your sit bone width? Would save me guessing.

Sit down on hands. You feel the boney bits? Measure centre to centre.
The saddle width you require varies depending on how upright your riding
position (I /think/ it's wider for a more upright position). I'll sneak
into my local specialized dealer on Monday or Tuesday and sneakily
photograph their bum measurer.

I had one of these used on me this morning; it's a pad about 40cm x 10cm,
1cm thick and made of a foam that retains any deformity for a couple
of minutes before returning to its original thickness - like the
'memory foam' used for some orthopaedic aids.

You sit on the pad with your knees bent (feet 20cm below seat) and
create sitbone-shaped impressions in it. Then estimate the centres
of those impressions (rather a lot of guesstimating going on at
this point) and measure the spacing between them.

-adrian

Kenneth Miles said:

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mb wrote:
> Kenneth Miles wrote:
>
>> My new saddle arrived by this morning's mail from Wiggle, a
>> Specialized Avatar Gel Saddle £37.99. After fitting I went for a
>> sixteen mile training ride to test and found it to be very
>> comfortable. Will go on a longer run next week to test further.
>
> But did you go any faster?
>
Only in my mind.

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk

Kenneth

I have looked at these and would be interested to know how you made
the decision re: correct width for you? I note that there are 3
possible variants but don't know how to measure my sit bones to get
the correct one?

Cheers

Paul

I was told by the rep at the outdoors show where they were on display
that if you went to one of their agents they would measure you.
As I bought mine of Wiggle and have always found that a narrow saddle
suits me best I went for the 130 size.
Hope this helps Paul.

Went for a fifty mile ride today on mostly country lanes and variable
terrain and could not fault the saddle.
John O' Groats to lands end in July, that should be the ultimate test!

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk