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Component Deals & Selection / Re: chinese carbon saddles
« on: May 14, 2026, 03:30:53 PM »
And this as well https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005006948413398.html
Nope that is exactly the piece of crap that I have - unusable for me. Feel like my front wheel is lifting on any steeper climb and my muscles aint't made for a saddle this far backward.

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If your using 32mm tires, and maybe 35 in the future? I would directly go for a wider rim - Zen has a 28/37 don't they? That will be perfect for 35 and 32mm tires, while the above is perfect for 30 and 32mm tires. I would chose the midweight option in the front, and the standard weight in the back (well I would always go deeper in the back if it's possible. 40mm in the front for less problems in wind, and 50 or 60 in the back)

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: chinese carbon saddles
« on: May 14, 2026, 03:16:36 PM »
I was comparing saddle rails and this looked like it had the most adjustment in the rear.
No idea if it's good.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EGsNdb4

Yep - that one really can slam forwards - but it doesn't look like my shape at all (disliking channels - and preferring no channel at all).

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: chinese carbon saddles
« on: May 12, 2026, 10:39:00 AM »
Here is a picture showing why Ryet saddles absolutely don't work if you like your saddle not slammed back most of the way, the fizik carbon rail saddle I have actually is even better than this steel railed one..

3cm here difference when slammed forward. 4cm Vs my fizik Antares with carbon rails, a giant saddle that came stock in my revolt advanced pro 0 is 2.5cm more forward.

On the other hand if you like to slam the saddle backwards the Ryet are great. But the trend is the opposite and if you don't happen to have a ridles noah fast and find the position too extreme I would stay the shit away from Ryet.

Are thee any nice Chinese saddles that actually mount nicely forward? My old fizik saddles reach the end of their life and the new ones aren't anywhere near as fitting to my as the old Antares, aliante or Gobi...

And on the picture I'm rather giving the seated position on the Ryet some slack. Guess it's actually another 5mm  worse .

That means at least 1° slacker seated position. For some saddles in comparison rather 2°.


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Component Deals & Selection / Re: chinese carbon saddles
« on: May 10, 2026, 11:44:13 AM »
I don't think I can buy Ryet - they all have the same rail construction which outright doesn't work for me. I need some saddles that have rails that actually go back most the way like Fizik Kium does.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: chinese carbon saddles
« on: May 10, 2026, 10:19:27 AM »
Or anything similar to the old Fizik Gobi XM with Kium rails - Those were my favourite saddles overall. Light and comfy (the Kium rail versions were always the best, more flexible vs manganese (steel) and much better than the brick like carbon Fizik saddles of old days. I got on quite well with the Arione too - but again not the model with channel.

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Component Deals & Selection / Re: chinese carbon saddles
« on: May 10, 2026, 10:07:29 AM »
I received my Ryet Ultimate Carbon EVA yesterday - and I'm actually pretty shocked - while the build is nice - the saddle is an absolute disaster for me - as my seated position vs my old Fizik with both saddles slammed forward to the max is around 4cm further back. And on my Fizik old style - due to it being a long nose - I can sit like 6-7cm forward vs the Ryet on climbs.

What the heck is a short nose saddle supposed to be if you cannot move it properly forwards.
Those saddles are only usable for those that like to sit far far far back.

I wonder why this isn't really mentioned at all. Also on Aliexpress in the reviews I only found a single other person complaining about it.

Are there any chinese saddles that are similar to a Fizik Antares and allow slamming the saddle forward a lot? And yeah best without a channel. I get one much better on saddles without channel like an oldschool Antares.

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