New saddle day

08/06/26 19:14 Filed in: Gear

For the past 258 hours, I have commuted on an Ergon saddle. It is good, but not great. Comfortable, but not perfect. I was buying some tyres and the shop had one of the 2 or 3 saddles I'm considering as a replacement for the Ergon, so I picked it up with the tyres. Selle Italia Flite Boost Kit Carbonio S1. Bit name. Small saddle.

It was easy to install as it uses the same size rails as the Ergon - in fact they are so similar they might well have been produced out of the same factory - maybe the same mould. The Flite Boost is pretty short, but it doesn't lack any important saddle areas - the nose is a bit shorter and the tail is a bit shorter.

My fingers are crossed that the Flite is more comfortable than the Ergon. Meanwhile, the Ergon will go on my Enduro bike when the new 200mm drop Reverb arrives. The Slash came with a 170mm drop post - the longest Reverb at the time. Now you can select even 250mm (more than any of my bikes can support). The Slash will equal the Ibis with its 200 drop.

Look for me to report back soon about the Flite.

Michael Hanslip Coaching

If you want to go faster, you have to pedal harder

New saddle day