Tri Saddle for Track Bike

C-Shore

I'm in the process of building a track bike, and I'm crossing off the last few things on the list to put it together.
I'm now onto the saddle and have a question that doesn't seem to have an answer.
There are a lot of threads around on the best saddle to use, with wildly varying suggestions.

I'm thinking that for the amount of time spent in the drops on the track, would one of those Tri saddles be a good idea?

I was looking at a few; Fizik Tritone, Specialized Sitero, and ISM Adamo Attack.

I know they're that bit more expensive, but just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on them or that type of saddle for the track.

Briando

I've never ridden track so cant comment on that aspect.

But I'm riding Ism Adamo on my road and tt bikes and love them. I have the 'Prologue' and a 'Time Trial', prefer the Time Trial on both my bikes as its harder.

These saddles take 1 or 2 weeks to get used to as have contact on your sit bones rather than your perineum. I can ride on these saddles with or without padding and they feel great.

Never ridden on either of the other two saddles.

Harrybelafonte

C-Shore wrote: »

I'm in the process of building a track bike, and I'm crossing off the last few things on the list to put it together.
I'm now onto the saddle and have a question that doesn't seem to have an answer.
There are a lot of threads around on the best saddle to use, with wildly varying suggestions.

I'm thinking that for the amount of time spent in the drops on the track, would one of those Tri saddles be a good idea?

I was looking at a few; Fizik Tritone, Specialized Sitero, and ISM Adamo Attack.

I know they're that bit more expensive, but just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on them or that type of saddle for the track.

To be honest dude, you'd be better off approaching some of us tonight. Lots of us use tri saddles, some do not. It's not simply a case of spending time in the drops and being lower, you also spend most of the time on teh nose of the saddle. I think Beasty ran an Adamo, there's a Sepcialised Sitero and TTR and a few others used. I use a fizik Anatres and spend a lot of training time in Pursuit position which is even harder to hold, tbh, I was once told to just use what I use on the road if I knew it was comfortable. I wouldn't spend a fortune on an Adamo til you had a look at everyone else bike and got some feedback.

C-Shore

Briando wrote: »

I've never ridden track so cant comment on that aspect.

But I'm riding Ism Adamo on my road and tt bikes and love them. I have the 'Prologue' and a 'Time Trial', prefer the Time Trial on both my bikes as its harder.

These saddles take 1 or 2 weeks to get used to as have contact on your sit bones rather than your perineum. I can ride on these saddles with or without padding and they feel great.

Never ridden on either of the other two saddles.

Cheers I appreciate that. They all seem to be based around the same concept so your feedback is still very helpful.

C-Shore

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

To be honest dude, you'd be better off approaching some of us tonight. Lots of us use tri saddles, some do not. It's not simply a case of spending time in the drops and being lower, you also spend most of the time on teh nose of the saddle. I think Beasty ran an Adamo, there's a Sepcialised Sitero and TTR and a few others used. I use a fizik Anatres and spend a lot of training time in Pursuit position which is even harder to hold, tbh, I was once told to just use what I use on the road if I knew it was comfortable. I wouldn't spend a fortune on an Adamo til you had a look at everyone else bike and got some feedback.

I see, thanks for that.

What you said about the nose of the saddle is actually what made me look at those saddles, as I'm finding training in the drops constantly on the nose of a road saddle is getting quite sore.
So maybe I need either a wider nosed saddle, or one of the above type and that's what I'm not sure about.

I'll keep an eye out for those who are on Tri saddles and see if I can get some advice from them.

I also don't know who you are yet either, other than on here - all I know is to look for an 87 year old man screaming out dayyooooo!

CramCycle

C-Shore wrote: »

There are a lot of threads around on the best saddle to use, with wildly varying suggestions.

Truth is there is no correct answer, the saddle that is most comfortable for you in that position is the correct answer. Some shops will do trials or have trial saddles for some brands. I have had expensive saddles in the past and the only two that I can say are truly suitable for me are the FUJI one that came free with my bike and a Charge Spoon, but I know others who curse the Spoons.

Beasty

Personally I use TT specific saddles (Adamo) for TTs and pursuits, where getting the most aero position is critical. I would not use them for any bunch races though - I feel a standard saddle allows me more stability and less risk of any inadvertent slipping

Harrybelafonte

Beasty wrote: »

Personally I use TT specific saddles (Adamo) for TTs and pursuits, where getting the most aero position is critical. I would not use them for any bunch races though - I feel a standard saddle allows me more stability and less risk of any inadvertent slipping

I'm gonna back up what Beasty and Cram say. I think safest bet is use your road saddle. Some of the guys use TT saddles and aren't comforable still. Forgot that.

C-Shore

CramCycle wrote: »

Truth is there is no correct answer, the saddle that is most comfortable for you in that position is the correct answer. Some shops will do trials or have trial saddles for some brands. I have had expensive saddles in the past and the only two that I can say are truly suitable for me are the FUJI one that came free with my bike and a Charge Spoon, but I know others who curse the Spoons.

Cheers, appreciate that.

Beasty wrote: »

Personally I use TT specific saddles (Adamo) for TTs and pursuits, where getting the most aero position is critical. I would not use them for any bunch races though - I feel a standard saddle allows me more stability and less risk of any inadvertent slipping

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

I'm gonna back up what Beasty and Cram say. I think safest bet is use your road saddle. Some of the guys use TT saddles and aren't comforable still. Forgot that.

Interesting, I didn't realise that stability would be an increased issue on those saddles. Thanks to both of you for the information on that.

You've probably saved me the guts of €100, thanks. I'll take a look for something with a wider nose as I think that's the problem with the pain.

Lumen

The Adamo has no nose, not a wider nose. The main advantage is to enable a saddle position that would otherwise fall foul of the 5 cm rule.

C-Shore

Lumen wrote: »

The Adamo has no nose, not a wider nose. The main advantage is to enable a saddle position that would otherwise fall foul of the 5 cm rule.

I see, never thought of that part with the BB rule. My understanding was that it enabled you to sit further forward in your position but with a larger surface area under you rather than the typical road saddle nose.

On the Adamo, yeah I don't know where it came across that I said it had a wider nose, sorry for misleading you.
What I meant was that if a no nose saddle like the Adamo led to greater instability, then perhaps a wider nosed regular road saddle would be more comfortable than my current road saddle.

I hope that makes sense!

Harrybelafonte

C-Shore wrote: »

I see, never thought of that part with the BB rule. My understanding was that it enabled you to sit further forward in your position but with a larger surface area under you rather than the typical road saddle nose.

On the Adamo, yeah I don't know where it came across that I said it had a wider nose, sorry for misleading you.
What I meant was that if a no nose saddle like the Adamo led to greater instability, then perhaps a wider nosed regular road saddle would be more comfortable than my current road saddle.

I hope that makes sense!

To be fair, that's a logic for track saddles for most of us.