Summary: Extremely comfortable! You never have to worry about any type of pain or discomfort during your ride. My longest ride on the saddle has been 6 hours without any complaints.
Strengths: Comfort
Weaknesses: none
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Bike Setup: Colnago Arte Bronze. Ultegra gruppo. FSA Carbon Pro compact crank and bottom bracket.
Summary: Needed a new saddle after my beloved Fizik Nisene Gel got torn. Read many reviews and decided to try the Aliante because it was 1.)a Fizik product. 2.) Worked with my ICS saddle bag. 3.) Great reviews on this forum. After several multi-hour rides I'm here to tell you that it is as good as people have claimed. Other than re-tightening the clamp bolt, there were absolutely no problems breaking it in. I don't agree with some reviewers who said there was only one useful position on this saddle. I was all over it; front/back/side-to-side and it felt as good as a saddle can feel after more than two plus hours. Not all saddles fit all tushes, but this one would be a great place to start if you are looking for a new saddle.
Strengths: Great looks. (Mine is white.) Super comfortable. No break in period.
Weaknesses: Afraid I will get it dirty or stained.
Similar Products Used: Fizik Nisene. Brooks B-17. Multiple Specialized.
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Bike Setup: Davidson custom titanium road bike, Campy Chorus gruppo, Deda bars and tape, Thomson stem, Neuvation wheelset, Michelin Pro tires, American Classic seatpost, Sigma 1100 computer, Polar HRM.
Summary: LBS let me demo the saddle this morning. Went out for my usual 30 mile ride. Turned a personal record by about 1/2 mph. Very comfortable saddle, replacing my 15 year-old San Marco Regal with Pirelli suspension. Aliante gave me more freedom of leg movement, with enough room on the saddle ears to push back (as with the Regal) on seated climbs. Smooth cover allows for shifting around. Didn't feel as if I had to stand on the pedals to relieve saddle pressure. Bought the saddle on return from demo; LBS owner had dialed in the position right first time.
Strengths: Light, freedom of leg movement while pedaling.
Weaknesses: Price.
Similar Products Used: Selle San Marco Regal (a very good saddle), Selle Italia Flite (very uncomfortable saddle).
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Bike Setup: Blue RC6 with Sram Force/Rival/Red and far too much FSA & Easton carbon.
Summary: I hate this saddle. Do you know why I hate this saddle? No? Then let me tell you why I hate this saddle. I hate this saddle because it is so damn comfortable that I am forever spoiled. It has turned my ass into prissy mush unwilling to ever sit on anything harder than a marshmallow again. If you ride this saddle you, like I, will be ruined, and subjecting yourself to any other perch will feel something like sitting bare-assed on the bony hump of an undernourished camel. That is why I hate this saddle. Also because I must now buy more of them to put on my other bikes to keep my newly finicky ass satisfied. Damn you, Fizik! I can no longer lust after the newest, sleekest, lightest, most torturous saddles to hit the market. I am under your dark spell.
Strengths: Makes riding those Selles feel like you've been spending quality time with Sweet Papa, your butch cellmate.
Weaknesses: Extra grams, extra greenbacks, extra addictive. Worst of all, doesn't come in orange.
Similar Products Used: Selle Italia Gel this and SLK that. WTB Rocket. Vetta somethingorother. Specialized BG.
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Bike Setup: Klein Q-Pro Carbon, Dura Ace, Bontrager Race X Lites
Summary: I purchased the Delta model and I really like this saddle. It was comfortable right from the start with no real break-in period. It's a bit wider and has just enough flex to be comfortable without excessive padding. Set up is a little tedious. It took quite a few tweaks to get it right. I found that I had to lower the saddle height a few mm to get it just right.
Strengths: Comfort. Reasonable price.
Weaknesses: A bit hard to get it set up.
Similar Products Used: San Marco, Vetta
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