I am looking to buy a new saddle (for tri and road). Has anyone tried the Fizik saddles? How are they? Which models? Thanks.
I run the Arione on both my tri and road bike. Love it. i am curoius to try the Tri2 on my tri bike though.
Fizik Arione for road is the best saddle I’ve ever owned. Haven’t found anything for tri yet.
originally had the “pave” on my first bike, loved it. Got a new bike with the “Arione”, love it. I tried riding the pave again, couldn’t. Felt like the most uncomfortable thing on the planet.
Last year I started having problems with my “arione” but then I realized it cracked. Fizik replaced it. Bought another one in the meantime. Then I lent it to a friend “to test”. He kept it on his bike and hasn’t returned it to me. Its been at least 3 months.
Also tried the cheap “aliante” that comes with the Giant TCR (my gf’s bike). I’m ok with it. (its on my commuter). My gf got the fizik vitesse and she likes it.
my 2c
ive tried the fizk tri and didnt like it…i found the nose too skinny which crushed my junk in a decent position…switched to a selle san marco gel.
opposite opinion on the arione road…swapped bikes once and got to try the road version…it suited my ass and sit bones well and i found the flat profile very nice to ride…comfortable with lots of room to move a bit…asses being custom made…ymmv
i hae an arione tri on my tri bike, i like it loads better than the selle san marco i had. i have an arione on the road bike, its great oo, and i got a cannondale scalpel that came with a fizik, thats pretty good too.
i’ve got the vitesse on my tri bike and like it a lot.
I may be the only one but the arione didn’t work for me and the profile design saddle was just ok.
The Fizik Arione is what I use on both my tri bike (Litespeed Saber) as well as my road bike (Fuji Team Pro). Once you get a couple rides in and get used to it, you don’t even know it is there.
Plus, due to it’s long nose, great for switching between aeros and bullhorns.
Highly recommended!
Steve
I have been riding with the Arione for a couple of years and love it. I just bought a new bike and am riding the Arione Tri and it’s even more comfortable. If you spend a lot of your time on the bike in your aerobars, you might want to look into the tri. Otherwise, the regular Arione is a great saddle.
litherland
Love my arrione on my road bike. I’ve tried getting way over it to mimic aero, it’s not bad if you offset the nose, like a Brooks.
Francois (FM2.0) uses the standard arrione on his tri/TT bike, as do a lot of pro TTers.
I have the Aliante on my road bike (the expensive, hand-made Italian one) and I love it. I tried the cheap Aliante (sport version, not hand-made) and hated it. I have a Gobi on my cyclocross bike and it’s not bad.
I have the arione carbon on my tri bike and it is the best saddle I’ve ever had. I liked the carbon version better than the regular as it seemed a little softer in the middle. The flat profile is great. I tried the original tri model and hated the extra padding in the nose and the dip in the middle.
I thought I found perfection in the Arione until I tried the nirvana that is the Specialized Toupe.
I have been usingt the fizik arione on my tri bike for past two years…really love it…ditto on what other users here have said.
I thought I found perfection in the Arione until I tried the nirvana that is the Specialized Toupe.
Same here. Toupe on the tri bike and road bike now.
FYI: All fi’zi:k saddles are handmade in Italy at fi’zi:k’s Pozzoleone factory, including the Aliante Sport. The main difference between the two saddles is the base or shell. The Aliante Sport is/was an OE saddle, made w a less expensive base in order to allow product managers to spec it on their lower-price point aftermarket bikes. It goes through the same production process as the more expensive Twin Flex Carbon/Kevlar base Aliante - that being, foam trimmed by hand, the cover hand-stretched over the shell and glued (no staples).
The Aliante Sport was never manufactured or distributed to be sold as an aftermarket saddle. If you find it, sold separately, off the bike - it was taken off the bike by your LBS or at the request of a consumer.
Great saddles. Have both the Tri on my Saber and Arione on my road bike. Love the very dynamic fit of both.
However that said, one flaw I have had to deal with is quality. 1st was the tri saddle ‘bubbling’ and was replaced.
Second is my road Arione, the leather has peeled away from the base shell and less than year old.
Can’t warranty due to purchase in USA and live in Canada. So resorting to my old trustworthy Flite for now.
I run the Fizik Arione on my road bike, cross bike and winter road bike. I run the Fizik Arione Tri on my triathlon bike. Both are by far the best saddles I have ever had and that is why I own 4 now. I also picked up a Fizik Gobi for my mountainbike and will try to find another one for my single speed mountain bike. I think once you find a saddle that works it should be on all the bikes. Fizik saddles work for me.
two of my buddies had problems with the silver arione tri, the silver part bubbled and ultimately created odd creases of film over the saddle. no functional issues, just aesthetic.
two of my buddies had problems with the silver arione tri, the silver part bubbled and ultimately created odd creases of film over the saddle. no functional issues, just aesthetic
Ditto the above… 1 couple of rides and it started the clear coating started to bubble… at the end of 1 season i had to peel it off… I was a little disappointed with the materials of $150 saddle, however, I have road it for two full seasons…