Ouch. Bike saddles
Any tips for a good saddle. Just getting back on the bike, but having discomfort, especially when trying to go aero. Heard adamo and Cobb v flow were good. I'm a 220 lb Clydesdale, so that's a lot of pressure. Hoping this will make it easier to roll hips and sit more on the nose. Any tips?
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brian, saddle choices are very personal. Last year I switched to an adamo (I too am a clysdale) and it has made a world of difference in terms of comfort for long rides in the aerobars.
I would encourage you to go to the trifit.com web site as they hav a couple of great videos about how you set them up (in addition to EN getting a discount to buy through them) as they are not the same as normal seats in terms of tilt, where your weight sits, and the amount of seat that you are NOT actually sitting on (not to mention that the nose of thesaddle is actually not coming all the way up past the taint.
I have been very happy with adamo.
Bottom line, they are both good and you just need to find which one works for you. Cobb has a 180 day money back guarantee with no questions and awesome customer service. I for one will be keeping my Cobb V-Flow Max on my road bike forever. I think I'll stick with the Adamo on my tri bike, but the difference for me is just barely marginally better when in the aero position for a long time.
I've been riding an Adamo for three years now and it has always been okay. I decided to test out some new saddles over the past month to see if I can find something better. I have been trying the Specialized Romin Evo and the Cobb V-Flow Max.
The Romin Evo is Specialized's attempt at making their Romin road saddle more Tri/TT friendly. It's the stock saddle for the new Shiv. It rides great when sitting up more like a road bike. Super comfy in that position. They still have a lot of work to do to get it comfy in the aero position. The nose area still puts way too much pressure on my naughty bits.
The Cobb V-Flow Max just might be the saddle I'm looking for. I rode it for 55 miles last weekend using Cobb's basic positioning advice for the saddle. It felt pretty good. I got a little squirmy with it the last 45 minutes or so which means there's still some tweaking to the position. I tilted the seat slightly forward/down and raised the seat post a smidge. I'll see how that works this weekend. It was every bit as comfy as the Adamo with just a basic setup.
My expectations of comfort are also realistic. I expect to be slightly uncomfortable, especially on the longer rides. I don't expect to be numb. i think this can be solved with a good saddle and proper positioning.
I'm 152lbs
The best thing to do is find a local shop that has a saddle trial program. As has been said this is very personal and what works for one may not work for another.
I'd love to try the two Dash saddles (Tri.7 and the TT.9) but the $500 and $600 price tags are frightening. It even costs $100 to demo one of their saddles. They do look interesting though. I'd gladly pay $500 for a saddle if it meant some sort of bike riding nirvana but I don't want to pay $100 to find out it feels like every other seat I've tried.
Hard to say what your butt is going to like. Hard to go wrong with either.
Whether his products are the best for any individual is impossible to say. However, you can't argue with the fact that he's absolutely committed to having satisfied customers.
PS. I've ridden a V-flow plus for 2 years, and am a big, big fan. According to Cobb, most people find the Plus better for tri bikes, and the Max better for road bikes. Not sure why.
Either way, I will not be going back to my sella. And after this is done, I am going to need a longer stem b/c I am a couple of inches further forward now.