Yes, that is exactly what has happened to some of our Azoto customers- the nose going soft and flat. It takes a couple years of moderate use or one really tough season, but I do see it even with average (155 lb) riders. The sun also seems to damage the fabric cover more quickly than others. That said, it is still a decent saddle.
I thought about including prices but that usually opens a huge can of worms. I may add them… we’ll see.
Why?
A saddle cover sounds like an excellent idea on this saddle. I didn’t try going no-handed the one time I rode the Adamo outside but I did almost slide off the fornt of it on the trainer. I neede to have it just a touch nose-down to work. It does work though. I think I also need pretty thickly padded shorts (like your idea with the saddle pad… same thing but probably better since you could then wear tri shorts too) for this saddle to work for me. I wore my Assos FI 13’s and it was good.
Paulo, dude… it’s been ten minutes… Come on man, let me have it!
That top photo is super cool.
We are a little sensitive, aren’t we? Interesting…
Anyway, I was asking the poster I actually replied to why did he think that the position of the CSC rider looked painful.
I’m pretty sure you’ve been around time enough to know what the “in reply to” link is for…
Thanks man, I just needed a little from you. I was scared you went soft.
For anyone to contribute: what is the average “breaking in” period for a saddle. At what point do you know it’s not for you. I just started riding an Arione Tri two weeks ago, and I’m in a ton of pain down below. Don’t want to jump the gun too quickly if this will just happen again with another saddle. For what it’s worth, I tend to ride right on the nose.
Maybe you already know this, but the reason they cut the end off their saddles is because UCI regulations require that the front of the saddle be a certain distance behind the bottom bracket. I think it is 5cm. Cutting the tip off lets them use their normal saddles pushed forward and still be “legal”.
I’ve had to do this for my TT bike when I was still full-time cyclist and it’s easy to do. At least with a Flite saddle… Just peel back the cover, saw off the tip, then superglue the cover back in place. I used a clamp to hold tension on the cover while the clue dried. The saddle looks kinda strange, but works fine.
Well, it depends on whether you mean breaking in the saddle- or you breaking in. It defeinately takes some time to get used to a saddle- any saddle. Some people refer to this as “getting your seat”- the process of acclimation necessary to sit tolerably for long periods.
That said, I think most of the newer saddles need little or no break in time. If you’ve given it a coule weeks and it still ins’t tolerable (and pain is not tolerabe) you may want to move on to another saddle. If the Arione doesn’t work for one of our customers we usually switch them onto a Profile Tri Strike.
Rather than a total length measurement for each saddle, it would be great to have the “back of the rail to tip of saddle” measurement, so we could gauge just how far forward each saddle can go.
AF
I was also going to include the usuable rail length. It’s a little tricky to measure though. Saddle girth (height from bottom to top) is another useful dimension that helps you decide what you need to do with your seat post adjustment when you change saddles. That definately needs to be added. Thanks for the idea.
I know he is descending, just looks like his nuts would be pinned into the saddle. Flame away.
“just looks like his nuts…”
Oh, those NASTY assumptions…well, don’t let that get in the way of stopping you…
Good review(s). You should include the Koobi Tri.
Yup. guess so.
Good point.
i’m in a similar position with a koobi tri saddle. had it a few weeks, and it dont fit me bum.
if your interested, maybe we could try a trade … my koobi for your arione. i think they are about the same price. i paid $120 for the koobi.
just a thought.
Tom, why does the Profile saddle seem to work for people that don’t have success with the arione tri? Any common denominator from what you can tell?
Just a comment from a relative newbie…
As much as I like to see what TT postion/fit/saddle/insertyourequipmenthere is used by the pro-peleton, none of these guys are doing 112 miles in the aero-slot, nor are ANY of them running ANY distance afterwards. At best, they are opening big cans of whup-ass on a flat, limited distance TT course, then waddling over to their team masseuse.
It’s not the same thing… I KNOW that my bike fit and equipment isn’t optimal for a 40k TT, but it IS optimal for a 1/2 or full IM for me…
Or am I completely off base…