Wondering if anyone has had a chance to compare John Cobb’s saddles, Adamo or V-Flow to the Koobi saddles?
It seems like one of the biggest Adamo complaints is the width of the nose(two pieces), wondering if Koobi is better is that regard, or if it’s so narrow that the cutout doesn’t do as good of a job relieving pressure.
Do you have an issue with your current seat?
Some times I suspect that the people who say the Adamo is too wide aren’t riding it like you’re supposed to (on the very front end). Some times it sounds like they’re sitting too far back to make effective use of the saddle’s design.
In any case, Cobb’s new line of saddles have some narrower options.
Cobb’s the only man I trust with my taint!
Had a Koobi road saddle years ago and loved it, but can’t say for TT setups.
Cobb won me over big time. It’s so simple to set up and geez the thing just works.
Some times I suspect that the people who say the Adamo is too wide aren’t riding it like you’re supposed to (on the very front end). Some times it sounds like they’re sitting too far back to make effective use of the saddle’s design.
In any case, Cobb’s new line of saddles have some narrower options.
Cobb’s the only man I trust with my taint!
I agree - I’ve ridden the Adamo for a few weeks now and have tried various positions. On the tip is great, but I actually sit a little further back and it’s still great. The “fruit” is still off the front though and I don’t notice the width being a problem at all.
I’ve got a Koobi Xenon on my road bike and I love it, but when going down/rolling forward into the aero position it still leaves pressure on my soft tissue. Not as much as most saddles but still enough to warrant me searching for something better - and I’ve found it in the Adamo. But I won’t be swapping out my Koobi Xenon on the road bike.
I’ve not riddent the Adamo or V-flow. I rode Koobi’s tri saddle for several years. The split nose takes a while to get used to. It is a bit wider than most saddle, which works for me because I have wide sits bones. It’s not as soft as the Arione tri. Firmness is more like the Bontrager tri.
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I do have an issue with my current seat and I’m not sure how it came about. I had ridden it up to 80 miles this spring without many problems, but now I’m getting numbness after 40 miles. I haven’t really changed my position from what I can remember.
I did have a lot of success on a previous bike with a cutout saddle(Specialized Alias) however, I’m sitting steeper on my new bike and the Alias cutout is a little further back and thats why I was looking at the Cobb and Koobi saddles.
thanks for everyones input.
Wondering if anyone has had a chance to compare John Cobb’s saddles, Adamo or V-Flow to the Koobi saddles?
It seems like one of the biggest Adamo complaints is the width of the nose(two pieces), wondering if Koobi is better is that regard, or if it’s so narrow that the cutout doesn’t do as good of a job relieving pressure.
We just had a guy who was a Koobi rider at the latest fit workshop. He found more comfort on the new V-Flow Maxx than he did on his Koobi. We have a Koobi at the workshop. I’ve never had anyone pick that over one of the Cobb saddles. And of course, you can try it yourself since there is a money back guarantee. The V-Flow saddles are the ones I have the most luck fitting on. Between those and the Fizik Arione Tri2 and an ISM, you can pretty much nail most fits in my experience. Some people just don’t like the cutout for TT riding, and that’s the group the Fizik serves. The ISM is just a problem solver where if someone doesn’t like any other saddle, that’s probably the one that will work.
I have a Koobi. I forget the model. It is almost the same padding, weight as the Tri saddle, but the nose paterial is different. Mine has leather on the nose. However, it never helped the numbness in aero. I think the split is too narrow to spare the nerve in that position. I have an Adamo Race and Road and both are much better than the Koobi in aero. Next up will be the Cobb.