🚴 Selle Italia X1 X-Cross Saddle: A Revolutionary Blend of Comfort and Performance Review

50 years old. I raced as a youth and had 'old school' Selle Italia saddles that had little to no padding but managed to get the ergos right. I've been riding my mountain bike on the road for about 20 years because the extremely low position of the drop handlebars made me uncomfortable. I started using saddles with padding and cutouts and never found anything I really liked. This saddle is what I was looking for. the right amount of padding and balanced cushioning. I tried it in regular shorts…

series) with this $35 seat because it is more comfortable and the aerodynamic effect is about the same. To give you more information, I'm a non-professional road cyclist who does about 10-20 miles a day. I want a seat that gives me comfort and speed (ie aerodynamic, light weight). I don't wear quilted pants. This seat has a medium strength gel cushion. The softness of its cushion is better than a road bike seat (it feels like sitting on a thin paper cushion over a wooden chair), but not as soft

Prefetch. The used saddle that came with my used bike may be comfortable for someone else, but not for me. It looked like a medieval torture device with a blunt wedge trying to slowly slice me in half. My column was preparing to follow the path of the San Andreas Fault. I did a lot of research and measured sit bones with a sheet of aluminum foil on a folded blanket on a chair. It worked at 115mm, which felt right for this 145mm wide saddle. You will need about 10-15mm on each side of the sit…