Saddle change - Fizik Aliante VS X Saddle With K:IUM Rails - 2012 Cube Agree GTC

jamesd

Hi,

I have a 2012 cube agree gtc - carbon framed bike with a Selle Italia saddle.
http://blog.tredz.co.uk/cube-gtc-compact-2012/

I am finding the saddle uncomfortable on longer cycles (numbing in my under carriage area ), so I am wondering about changing the saddle and see good reviews for the Fizik Aliante VS X Saddle.
Looking on the Fitz site at the saddel selector I think I am a bull so this saddle seems to suit me.

Anyone use one of them?

Here is the saddle:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-aliante-vs-x-saddle-with-kium-rails/

Is changing a saddle much work ? Frame of the bike is cabon but i think the seatpost is not so is it just an easy swap?

ALot of money to spend on asaddle without knowing if its the one.

ZiabR

Have you measured your sit bones? You saddle my be to wide or to narrow.

Changing the saddle can and does help but again it depends.

jamesd

I havent measured it as yet, googleing there and I see I can measue it on my stairs with tinfoil so will ty that tonight

WillyFXP

I have the aliante versus, really nice saddle. I was getting numb after a while like yourself, this saddle seems much better then my old one, even though it had a huge cut out (selle italia slr max flow gel), I think what made it uncomfortable for me was the flat profile. I also have a prologo scratch pro plus, which is 134mm wide as opposed to the fizik being 142mm. I have the same comfort level on both saddles, so I dont pay too much attention to sit bone width. The main thing I went for was the round profile, like you I'm a "bull" and the round profile suits me perfectly.

Edit: Just seen you're near Galway, I'm just outside the city (east side). You can have a try of my aliante if you want.

jamesd

Not even any shops down here stocking them so I think I'l have to going to chainreactions again

WillyFXP

jamesd wrote: »

Not even any shops down here stocking them so I think I'l have to going to chainreactions again

Try www.swimcyclerun.com I got mine there for under €80.

Brian?

Have you had a bike fit done?

coastwatch

I have the Aliante VS and find it very comfortable, but saddle selection is a personal thing and what works well for someone may be torture for someone else. It is a lot of money to spend without knowing if it's suits, so I'd take up WillyFXPs offer of a test. Some bike shops have Fizik Test saddles you can borrow to try out.

jamesd

Brian? wrote: »

Have you had a bike fit done?

Yes - in velo bike shop in birr, not a computerised fitting but a visual one but the guys were recommended by a few others in my club to me.

Unknown Soldier

jamesd wrote: »

Yes - in velo bike shop in birr, not a computerised fitting but a visual one but the guys were recommended by a few others in my club to me.

I ended up with a Fizik Antares, post saddle trauma. Lovely saddle tbh.

I think it is a highly under discussed subject about how to sit on a saddle, well for me any way.

I had this triangular shaped thing, with a long thin pointy front and a stubby wide bit at the other end. For a long time I thought I had to sit on that wide bit. That long thin part was only to be sat on when sprinting, apparently.

I had a bike fit sitting on the wide part. No one said I was doing it wrong.

One year later I've learnt to sit in the saddle. There is a little sweet spot between the wide part and the thin part, probably called the middle


This may not help you but it might help someone else.

jamesd

So confused still - I can see 3 bull saddles on wiggle

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-aliante-vs-x-saddle-with-kium-rails/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-aliante-vs-x-kium-saddle/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-aliante-versus-saddle-with-kium-rails/


Or swimcyclerun - have one thats the same but cheaper and in stock late this week http://www.swimcyclerun.com/saddles/fizik-aliante-versus-kium-saddles.html

WillyFXP

jamesd wrote: »

So confused still - I can see 3 bull saddles on wiggle

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-aliante-vs-x-saddle-with-kium-rails/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-aliante-vs-x-kium-saddle/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-aliante-versus-saddle-with-kium-rails/


Or swimcyclerun - have one thats the same but cheaper and in stock late this week http://www.swimcyclerun.com/saddles/fizik-aliante-versus-kium-saddles.html

The VS-X is the new updated version of the VS, the center channel is slightly wider, but thats the only difference apart from the colours and graphics.

WillyFXP

Met James today to lend him my aliante, thoroughly nice chap.

jamesd

WillyFXP wrote: »

Met James today to lend him my aliante, thoroughly nice chap.

Thanks so much Tom, not many lads would give the loan of a saddle to a stranger. Will mind it like it's my own. Gentleman.