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3D Printed Saddles
kbernstein:
Running the goldix one people recommended here for about a month and loving it so far, I would buy it again.
32€ plus the cost of therapy to cope with the fact it added 14 grams to my bike over the elita saddle
hsaus:
I have been using this Ryet 3D-printed saddle for some time now: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006774719031.html
It's a good saddle, comfortable, and appears to be very well made. However, I didn't find it any more (or less) comfortable than my favourite, the Mixed 7D saddle. And since the Ryet saddle weighs quite a bit more than the Mixed 7D, the latter went back on the bike.
GSoroos:
Been using the "Ultimate" version with carbon base and rails. For a couple months, but not for anything longer than an hour yet. Seems to be holding up and pretty comfy.
nicklej:
I took the plunge on the Ryet Aircode in white. Felt good to the hand and looked well made. I really like the wider nose it has which is a complaint of other riders due to it wearings out their bibs quickly. I've not had that problem yet. It is still early days but I've done 800km of riding and 16,000m of climbing which is about 55-60h of riding and one day was a 10h ride. I think the saddle is great. On my 10h ride, it was my bibs that were the weak link but I rarely ride that far in one stint. I do have more long rides next year, another 10h and one 20h ride so I expect my feedback after that will also be very telling! So far the saddle is holding its shape and cushioning very nicely so happy with my purchase and have another on my Christmas list :D
amacal1:
I really wish Ryet would adopt some standard nomenclature or number series or something to identify their saddles. I have 2 different ones, but no easy way to describe which they are.
One of them is the one with the really, really wide nose. It's likely the same one as the poster above me since it's also in white, and I think this is the only one they sell in white. It's unbelievably stiff. I was expecting the carbon fiber to the flexible somewhat and this one is absolutely not. It's impressively non-compliant. Like it's milled out of a solid block of aluminum. Pretty neat trick considering how light it is. Anyway, I actually found it to be very comfortable for long rides, despite feeling slightly uncomfortable for short rides. I couldn't get past the wide nose, though. It did rub and I got tired of that.
I bought another Ryet that is slightly more shapely, slightly more narrow, and with a much narrower nose. Weirdly, it is not as stiff, and the carbon is much more compliant. This saddle is more comfortable feeling for short rides, but I do find it getting less comfortable the longer I'm in the saddle. I suspect I still need to tweak my saddle angle and position though, before I write it off. It's very good, better than any other (non-Brooks style) saddle I've ever used, with the exception of that other Ryet that has the too-wide nose and isn't comfortable for short rides.
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