Just saw that Fizik has a fit guide for their Mistica saddle here . It basically states that if you have high power vs weight, you should be on a regular width saddle. If you have lower power vs weight, you should sit on a wide saddle.
Wondering what the gurus here think of that.
Whelp, I have a regular width Mistica.
And their calculator just told me I should be on a regular. So it must be correct!
I think Fi’zi:k should stick to making pretty coloured shoes.
To be fair, they do make one good road saddle (Antares) and I haven’t had a chance to test a Mistica on anyone yet.
Just saw that Fizik has a fit guide for their Mistica saddle here . It basically states that if you have high power vs weight, you should be on a regular width saddle. If you have lower power vs weight, you should sit on a wide saddle.
Wondering what the gurus here think of that.It’s nonsense. Just like spinal concept is nonsense.
I’m sure that their thinking revolves around the fact that as a rider increases w/kg there ought to be less pressure on the saddle.
(E.g. a rider pedaling 400w exerts less saddle pressure than when pedaling 100 watts and a heavier rider exerts more pressure at 400w than a lighter rider does).
However, choosing a saddle based on that logic is misguided.
Hopefully you guys can help me out. I’m in bit of a pickle, because I’m in South America and from clicking the “buy button” until actually having the product will be three weeks, not to mention once I have the product, I can’t return it and on top of this, nobody here has a Mistica to compare/test.
So, based on this conundrum, (and the fact that I ride a road bike with an Antares R3, regular), given my measurements 6’0, 82 kilos, which of the two saddles would you recommend I get?
This is my first tri bike, in case that adds/subtracts to the equation.
Any opinion will be helpful. Thanks for your time, guys.
I’m not sure many people will be able to help too much. Someone with the same height and weight could have a bike setup completely differently, prefer sitting differently on the saddle and have different proportions - for instance distance between sit bones. And a whole lot of other differences.
I’d try the saddle you have for no other reason than it doesn’t cost you anything. In my experience the fact that you like a road saddle does not mean you will like a tri saddle from the same manufacturer. So, IMHO, buying a Mistica is no better bet for you than any other Tri saddle. In fact it seems an expensive saddle so just from that point of view it seems a bad bet.
If money is no issue for you then maybe do it. If you don’t have a huge budget then I’d find a LBS with a some kind of trial system that can help. Failing that something online that can help with returns. Probably the best approach is to assume you will need a bike fit and so get a bike fit with someone who has a few saddles you can try during that process. The saddle and the fit are so dependent on each other I think that has to be the best way.