chinese carbon saddles

[Daviddavieboy]

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll update whether if the saddle works for me, but if this doesn’t, then I may just go to my LBS and test try a bunch of saddles myself instead haha.

 Just to add, I ride with the saddle level with about 4cm of handlebar drop on my gravel bike and use VERY good name brand bibs on long rides. I am ordering a few more when there is another aliex sale for my road bikes.

[nicklej]

I've been an enjoyer of the Ryet Aircode for a while now on both my 29er and turbo trainer bike. Just ordered one of those Gelu copies as the reviews seem promising. I shall report back!

[Biscaye05]

Just ordered a San Marco Aspide Superleggera clone. I was on an Elita One (think it's a Specialized Power clone). I mostly encountered issues with chafing on my inner thigh (most prominently my right side). My gripe with Aliexpress saddles is that they don't offer enough more narrow saddles...

All of them are always 140 - 145mm wide. I settled on an Aspide since it's 130mm wide.

Back to searching for the perfect saddle again, oh well. If anyone knows any other narrower saddles (130mm ~ range), that'd be great.

Link?

[Da11as]

Ended up ordering this EVA saddle from RYET as one of the few narrow options with relatively flat top and even back to nose transitions https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006948413398.html
Slightly wider than my PRO Falcon 132 mm, slightly more curved, as well as substantially shorter, but I hope it will work. The bike build is ongoing...

Feedback on this saddle: it is quite good and comfortable. I wish the nose could be longer. If you are looking for flat narrow saddle, this is a good choice.

[rsw42]

Hi,

I'm looking for ultra lightweight saddles for my kids race bikes... SMP saddles worked fine so far - the extra small ones (SMP Chrono or Well Junior)... Some people here wrote about SMP-Copies that where nice... Anyone got a prdouct they'd recommend for really small people?

I personally like Ryet saddles a lot - but I'm yet to find something really "thin" of them...

[Merry]

Link?

Hey sorry for the late response. I actually ordered it off Taobao, but this is the same thing: https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005009251058571.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.2.2316rwR5rwR5Er&algo_pvid=29e30ab0-e140-4baf-9363-aa0d39e230e6&algo_exp_id=29e30ab0-e140-4baf-9363-aa0d39e230e6-1&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%2270%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%7D&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21CAD%2181.37%2134.99%21%21%21415.79%21178.79%21%40210313e917530443874746746e8a89%2112000048479798915%21sea%21CA%214421031649%21X&curPageLogUid=zKlsDT61N6hn&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

I've ridden it for the last month and honestly, eh. I'm probably going to go to my LBS and just try out a bunch of saddles from them and shell out for a real one. The saddle wasn't terrible but past two hours and half, it becomes uncomfortable.

[bxcc]

I picked up one of these saddles a couple weeks back and have a few good rides on it. I'm extremely happy with it so far. The nylon shell flexes more than my other saddles and adds a significant amount of comfort. Maybe not for everyone but if you're in the 135 to 140 saddle width range, it's worth the $15 trial.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808372639453.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.19d538daJTRRDz&mp=1&pdp_npi=5%40dis%21USD%21USD%2032.08%21USD%2014.76%21%21USD%2014.76%21%21%21%402101c59817540656239803320e26e9%2112000045711014996%21ct%21US%21722722606%21%211%210&_gl=1*12mrtre*_gcl_au*MTE1MTY0OTY5LjE3NTQwNjU1NTk.*_ga*OTUyNTUyNTg5MTYzMTIzLjE3NTQwNjU1NTQ4MTg.*_ga_VED1YSGNC7*czE3NTQwNjU1NTkkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTQwNjU2MjQkajU5JGwwJGgw&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

[Crash217]

I've got nearly a year and 5000 miles on my Mixed 5d saddle now.  Still loving it.  Put a second one on my road bicycle.  Have spent a dozen 6-8 hour days in the saddle, over a dozen 3 hour trainer/rollers sessions too.  Saddle is always comfy.

Picked up the Mixed 5D saddle recently.  I have about 100 miles on it this week and I gotta say, this thing is awesome!

I don’t have any rides over 2 hours on it yet but I don’t see longer rides being a problem, although it is slightly firmer than I usually prefer, it’s shaped just about perfectly for my build and riding posture.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804405056554.html

[Icyseanfitz]

any recommendations for narrow saddles? somewhere around the 125mm-130mm

[crazyravr]

I've got nearly a year and 5000 miles on my Mixed 5d saddle now.  Still loving it.  Put a second one on my road bicycle.  Have spent a dozen 6-8 hour days in the saddle, over a dozen 3 hour trainer/rollers sessions too.  Saddle is always comfy.

This one was of the very few purchases that went straight into the bin. This was the absolutely worse saddle I have ever tried. I would advise anyone against it if they ask me. The shape was just weird. Best cheap buy for me was the 3d printed kocevelo seat. Excellent even on 8+h rides.

[ChinerStevie]

I picked up one of these saddles a couple weeks back and have a few good rides on it. I'm extremely happy with it so far. The nylon shell flexes more than my other saddles and adds a significant amount of comfort. Maybe not for everyone but if you're in the 135 to 140 saddle width range, it's worth the $15 trial.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808372639453.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.19d538daJTRRDz&mp=1&pdp_npi=5%40dis%21USD%21USD%2032.08%21USD%2014.76%21%21USD%2014.76%21%21%21%402101c59817540656239803320e26e9%2112000045711014996%21ct%21US%21722722606%21%211%210&_gl=1*12mrtre*_gcl_au*MTE1MTY0OTY5LjE3NTQwNjU1NTk.*_ga*OTUyNTUyNTg5MTYzMTIzLjE3NTQwNjU1NTQ4MTg.*_ga_VED1YSGNC7*czE3NTQwNjU1NTkkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTQwNjU2MjQkajU5JGwwJGgw&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

Looks identical to the Kocevlo i was able to break by bending in my hands!

[Da11as]

any recommendations for narrow saddles? somewhere around the 125mm-130mm

One page ago I reported on the narrow saddle from Ryet. It is one of the few sensible narrow options on Ali.

[Icyseanfitz]

One page ago I reported on the narrow saddle from Ryet. It is one of the few sensible narrow options on Ali.

Thank you, I'll give it a go, is it 130mm or 135mm?

[Da11as]

Thank you, I'll give it a go, is it 130mm or 135mm?

It is 135 but my butt can't tell the difference between it and 132mm Pro Falcon. Go for EVA pad

[Tom77]

If the poking bit in the middle would at least vibrate or something ...

My ex girlfriend is riding this one, she's a winning ultra-long distance racer (Atlas mountain race, silk road race, tour divide, etc)