Favorite gravel saddle (love Dash for tri and road)

Triathlon Forum
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Recently bought a gravel bike. Trying to find the right saddle for it. Dash saddles are my favorite for road and tri (strike and stock respectively).

What is your favorite saddle? For those that ride Dash saddles, what do you have on your gravel bike?

Thanks

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Specialized Mirror
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Dash saddles look very flat.

For road and gravel I prefer a “wavy saddle”, the Selle SMP Blaster to limit movement.

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Interesting on Mirror. Never heard of it before.

If i may… what do you like about the Mirror? The shape is not noseless, which is a bit of a concern for me. Any issues from your experience?

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Specialized Power Elaston.

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Recently bought a gravel bike. Trying to find the right saddle for it. Dash saddles are my favorite for road and tri (strike and stock respectively).

What is your favorite saddle? For those that ride Dash saddles, what do you have on your gravel bike?

Thanks

Why wouldn’t you just use the same saddle that works on your road bike? Do you have different expectation for a gravel saddle?

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Dash saddles look very flat.

For road and gravel I prefer a “wavy saddle”, the Selle SMP Blaster to limit movement.

Sorry, but I’m never trying a saddle called the Blaster.

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Interesting on Mirror. Never heard of it before.

If i may… what do you like about the Mirror? The shape is not noseless, which is a bit of a concern for me. Any issues from your experience?

Has a lot more give than standard saddles. I like the Romin, but the Power is a little stubby, might work if you prefer noseless.

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Yes! Dirt roads = less smooth roads = more padded saddle.

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Check out the Brooks Cambium series. I ride a Dash on TT and love my C15 Carved Cambium. Not much padding, but it’s got a bit of give. Have ridden up to 150 miles no problem on rough gravel. Thinking about trying it on my roadie sometime I like it so much.

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Big fan of the Selle Repente Spyd 3.0 Saddle for gravel. Shaped like the old Selle San Marco Concor from the 80’s. It really allows me to get locked in and increase my cadence.

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Recently bought a gravel bike. Trying to find the right saddle for it. Dash saddles are my favorite for road and tri (strike and stock respectively).

What is your favorite saddle? For those that ride Dash saddles, what do you have on your gravel bike?

Thanks

Brooks C15 Carved. Greta saddle.
https://www.brooksengland.com/en_us/c15-carved.html