I am destroying too many saddles...need strong non-pig-like saddle suggestion
SDG saddles ti and cro-mo rails last me 3 to 5 rides before the saddles collapse into my rail mount Thomson seatpost. The rails either get bent (usually at the rear section (even when I clamp within the limits of the marking on the rail) or if the rails don't get bent, they sort of fold inward and collapse into the seat. The seat then sags rearward.
I have a graveyard of 5 SDG saddles with broken and bent rails. The others I've thrown away or sent back.
I've wasted WTB (higher end and lower end saddles) and SDG, total damaging about 12 in the recent past.
Help me. I'm only 155 lbs.
Is I-beam the only option for me?
Last edited by Aust95; 12-27-2012 at 08:49 AM.
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you should try an Ibeam post and saddle, I don't think they can "bend"
When they go they snap, usually leaving sharp material behind to mangle your man bits... not to say traditional saddles can't, but usually they just bend.
This guy's doing something wrong, there's no way you can go through saddles this often and not be doing something weird.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
I agree with DHgnaR, the OP is doing something wrong, or he crashes a lot. Going through that many saddles is not normal. The same thing wil happen with Ibeam saddles, you need to find out what you're doing wrong.
I usually find the rails bent after I go on a routine ride that involves various drops to flat or near flat. I don't have my seat post slammed all the way down, nor do I have it XC high either, and my rear has no signs of protest after the event. I do some kick drops on the drop offs that when I land, my bottom ricochets off of the saddle but, again, it doesn't hurt me so I figure it isn't that hard. Plus I'm not a big guy.
The LBS knows of my tendency to wreck saddles. They've offered to take 2 of the saddles back and then pulled out some behemoth of a seat that weight about 3 pounds and I said NO. It'd make my bike too top heavy. But I did notice on that seat which they called a DH seat that there was a special "S" type bend on the rail at the rear part.
Last edited by Aust95; 12-27-2012 at 06:50 PM.
Remember, you are unique, just like everyone else.
I agree with DHgnaR, the OP is doing something wrong, or he crashes a lot. Going through that many saddles is not normal. The same thing wil happen with Ibeam saddles, you need to find out what you're doing wrong.
Crashing is not what makes it happen. It's my bum glancing off the seat but that's part of regular riding isn't it? Unavoidable.
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Crashing is not what makes it happen. It's my bum glancing off the seat but that's part of regular riding isn't it? Unavoidable.
Yeah it's a regular part of riding, but breaking saddles isn't.
It's kind of hard to gauge where the issue is without seeing you ride firsthand.
Bouncing off the saddle while doing kick drops on the drop offs could be a major contributor.
Saddles aren't really designed to bounce off.
I have the same problem and have noticed my saddles pointed slightly downward. I'm now considering getting a large/wide and comfortable, Bell gel seat.
Not to mention you state your backside doesn't hurt... but at your weight, to bend that many rails on seats... it has to be compressing your spine to some degree... with every impact. I'd suggest lowering the seat some more like the others. I'm no doctor but this doesn't seem right.
I should probably work in softening my landing by technique. I have tried though. Doing drop offs at speed never did this to my saddles, just when I started doing more the kick wheelie drops.
Remember, you are unique, just like everyone else.
Who is "bum" ?
Nah,seriously...what seatpost are you using? Have you tried changing that?
Are you using a DH seatpost? (Azonic,etc.)?
Thomson elite seatpost.
I thought about a Syntace P6 alloy seatpost because it specifically states that it was designed with a longer clamp to hold more of the rail to disperse the forces better to prevent bending but I'm not sure if it'll actually work and the post is pricey.
Do DH specific seatposts have a larger clamp area?
Remember, you are unique, just like everyone else.
I thought about a Syntace P6 alloy seatpost because it specifically states that it was designed with a longer clamp to hold more of the rail to disperse the forces better to prevent bending but I'm not sure if it'll actually work and the post is pricey.
Do DH specific seatposts have a larger clamp area?
Try the Syntace...You must be a very powerful rider to do these things.What bike/wheels do you use?
hey've offered to take 2 of the saddles back and then pulled out some behemoth of a seat that weight about 3 pounds and I said NO. It'd make my bike too top heavy. But I did notice on that seat which they called a DH seat that there was a special "S" type bend on the rail at the rear part.
Yeah....
I have broken one seat in my life and it was when I first started and did a wheelie drop on my xc bike with the seat too high. The seat didn't hurt, but the post sure did Lower that **** and absorb with your legs.
the problem isn't the seats...the problem is the rider and his riding errors....
you are supposed to absorb the shock/force of a drop with your legs...even if you have 10 inches suspension
do not sit on your seat when doing drops...if you can't do this then lower your seat or get a smaller seat...but the basic rule is.....
you sit on your seat + do a drop = figure broken seat
+ 100%^. The only time your seat and ass should touch is on smooth, bump free ground. Any other time, you should be standing.
This reminds me of a definition of something, can't remember what. It goes something like: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Try something different this time!
'96 San Andreas
'12 Santa Cruz Nickel LT
'08 KTM 530
'12 Toyota FJ TT
'05 MiniCooper S
'95 Honda HB Si
'71 Dino 246 GT
I bent 2 seats in my life, 1 going otb in a rock garden, and the saddle popped off the rails... it was weird.
The other when I was working on supermans, but my nuts took more of a blow than the seat... still bent the rails beyond use.
Now I'm getting into street and riding a hardtail. Try is sometime. I tried a 5 foot drop to flat. Bout tore myself a new butthole. But now I never seat bounce when landing anything (not that I ever did before). But I just worked my way back up to the 5 footer doing smaller drops to flat, focusing on leg strength when landing. Now I can do it no problem.
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Originally Posted by The Beater
Lower that **** and absorb with your legs.
.. No tv and no beer make Homer go something something....
