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Re: Selle SMP
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby open roader » Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:44 pm
Recently built up a new bike - seat post clamp cradle did not quite have the adjustment to allow my SMP Glider saddle to be clamped dead level as I've had it set for the last x years. So I went for the closest setting of having the nose set approx. 5 degrees down and hey presto - BIG improvement in comfort. Funny how some of the best things in life are discovered by accident.......
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby sumgy » Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:59 pm
I put an ad in the Market Place section but no luck.
I guess once you get one of these you hold onto them.
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Re: Selle SMP
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby sumgy » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:17 pm
A good starting pointldrcycles wrote:I have a Strike Extra, it isn't quite right but it's a massive improvement over every other saddle i've tried. I think what i need is one that's a little wider and with softer padding, one of these days i'll get around to the nearest SMP dealer and do some research.
http://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/blo ... bout-smps/
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby open roader » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:19 pm
Answer = it depends.....sumgy wrote:I guess once you get one of these you hold onto them.
I went through some highly fancied saddles like Fizik Arione, Selle Italia Flite Gel and Specialized Toupe (6 in all) before I settled on an SMP.
I initially purchased the cheaper SMP 'Strike Extra' saddle to see if the shell suited me - as it happened it did suit me so I then purchased a much less padded Glider and now use the Extra on my MTB.
I was on the 2nd hand saddle merry go round for the best part of 20 months before losing patience waiting for a 2nd hand SMP saddle to materialise........
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby ldrcycles » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:48 pm
Thanks, i actually only just finished reading that article! Thanks to that, i now think i'm looking for either a Pro or Avant, i was thinking i might be able to go into Coolum Cycles after work tomorrow but on checking their website for opening hours, they no longer list SMP as one of the brands they stock, and neither do Le Cyclo Sportif in Noosa, though they are both listed by the distributor as stockists. Guess i'll have to find out...sumgy wrote:A good starting pointldrcycles wrote:I have a Strike Extra, it isn't quite right but it's a massive improvement over every other saddle i've tried. I think what i need is one that's a little wider and with softer padding, one of these days i'll get around to the nearest SMP dealer and do some research.
http://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/blo ... bout-smps/
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby sumgy » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:58 pm
I hope my experience at Le Cyclo Sportif was just a bad day for them.ldrcycles wrote: i was thinking i might be able to go into Coolum Cycles after work tomorrow but on checking their website for opening hours, they no longer list SMP as one of the brands they stock, and neither do Le Cyclo Sportif in Noosa, though they are both listed by the distributor as stockists. Guess i'll have to find out...
I wandered into there after riding up from Brisbane.
They looked at me as if I was covered in dog crap before finally asking me how they could help me.
I told them I was just needing some directions and they then basically pointed in the direction I needed to go, rattling on how to get there and sending me on my way.
Obviously my Rapha kit and Moots was too low brow for them.
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Re: Selle SMP
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby sumgy » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:19 pm
Must have been a bad day when I went there.ldrcycles wrote:Went in to Le Cyclo Sportif this arvo and my experience was VERY different. Never been in there before but the bloke at the counter took his time to explain various points of the saddles to me (and suggested that i may be sitting too far forward on my current saddle, and should try angling it down a little more and raising my bars a bit), seemed to know a lot about SMP saddles and virtually insisted that i take a demo Lite 209 for the weekend. Going to go out for a spin with my Extra adjusted as he suggested before popping the demo saddle on and seeing what it's like.
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:46 pm
Today could have been an exception though, it works both ways. I'll be returning the test saddle on monday and i'll see if i get the same service. Working in retail myself i can definitely understand what it feels like to be having a bad day and wanting to throttle the next person that comes in.sumgy wrote:
Must have been a bad day when I went there.
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:21 pm
My Extra.
The Lite 209.
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby Drunkmonkey » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:59 pm
The glider being more comfortable would have had more to do with the saddle width, rather than the cushioning.open roader wrote:I found the cushy padding on my Strike Extra uncomfortable after 90 min. or so. The harder SMP (Glider in my case) is indeed harder on the pins first up but for me, provides a more sustained level of comfort once I 'hardened up' to the lack of padding.
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby sumgy » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:08 pm
It is not just about the padding.
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:41 pm
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby open roader » Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:52 pm
I should eloborate - when I mean comfortable, I'm talking about perineal numbing. The sit bone issue is fine for me on most saddles I've tried.Drunkmonkey wrote:The glider being more comfortable would have had more to do with the saddle width, rather than the cushioning.
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Re: Selle SMP
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby tooraj » Thu May 16, 2013 11:56 am
Sorry to open an old discussion, but I have a question that I can't find an answer to.
Has anyone switched from an SMP Extra to any other SMP saddle?
Last year when I switched from a hybrid to a road bike, my new bike came with a Prologo saddle and I just couldn't get used to it. It turned out that it was a bit narrow for me. I then did a lot of research and couldn't find any place in Melbourne that offered SMP testers, so I bought a second hand SMP Extra.
Lo and behold! I had instant relief. Now the saddle is worn out and I feel Extra has too much padding. I'd like to get a new SMP saddle. But I am not sure which one of the SMP saddles.
Steve Hogg's site does not mention Extra, neither does SMP's Selection Table.
I think Avant, Plus and Pro are wider than Extra. I am thinking of perhaps Lite 209, Dynamic or glider, rather than the narrow ones such as Stratos, Evolution or Composit.
Has anyone transitioned from Extra to another SMP saddle? Which one has worked for you?
Any suggestions?
Thanks heaps in advance.
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby rjk » Thu May 16, 2013 4:27 pm
I now have 2 lite 209's on my bikes
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Re: Selle SMP
Postby open roader » Thu May 16, 2013 5:19 pm
Yes.tooraj wrote:Has anyone switched from an SMP Extra to any other SMP saddle?
Strike to Glider = for me - major improvement in numbness and sit bone discomfort.
Now have tried a Dynamic for 155km before switchng it onto a new bike = improvement for chafing/rubbing compared to Glider and better forward posture comfort ie. on the drops and tucked in than any other saddle I've tried.
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Re: Selle SMP
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Re: Selle SMP
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Re: Selle SMP
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