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narsol
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: September 8, 2007
Strengths: comfortable, durable (though I cant say that for sure yet since it's only been a month)Weaknesses: a bit too wideBottom Line: very good quality seat. The shape, however, does not quite suit me (though this is personal preference, nothing to do with the product quality). It's a bit too wide, and flares a bit too soon; it just slightly starts to dig into my thighs late into a ride. But I've been meaning to lower my bars, so once I do that maybe the more forward position would stop that from happening.
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$12.00
Purchased At: ebay
Bike Setup: Bianchi xl 5000 & sekai 2500
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Pat
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: September 1, 2007
Strengths: lightweightWeaknesses: no give in the seatBottom Line: After 900 miles of riding, I cannot take this seat any longer. I have tried to give the seat time to break in, but all it was doing was breaking my 'soft tissue' areas. I had numbness and/or pain on every ride.
Favorite Ride: Anything with no traffic
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: Giant OCR C2, Easton 70 stem and handlebars, Krysium SSL Wheelset, SIGMA 2006MHR computer.
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tarwheel2
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: September 1, 2006
Strengths: Comfortable fit, width, light weight.Weaknesses: Cover material can scuff or tear easily.Bottom Line: I tried a Vitesse after riding a Fizik Aliante for a year and a Brooks B17 before that. The Aliante was very comfortable but a little too narrow for me. The Vitesse fits me perfect, plus it's less than half the price of the Aliante (and only about 20 g heavier). As with any Fizik saddle, be careful about laying your bike down or leaning it against a brick wall as the synthetic cover material can scuff or tear easily. I highly recommend this saddle for anyone who has found that the typical racing saddles are too narrow for them. It fits me as well as the Brooks B17 but weight less than half as much.
Price Paid:
$70.00
Purchased At: bicyclinghub.com
Similar Products Used: Fizik Aliante, numerous Selle Italia models, Brooks B17.
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ari
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: August 17, 2005
Strengths: Wide without being heavy or bulky.
Smooth cover without seams or embroidery (I'm looking at you, Selle Italia and San Marco!).
Just enough padding -- firm, not squishy.
Seems to be well constructed.
Cheap.
COMFORTABLE.Weaknesses: Like other Fizik saddles, the thin leather scuffs easily if you, say, lean it against a wall.Bottom Line: I've been riding for a little over a year, and riding a road bike for a bit over 6 months. After trying several saddles (including Flites and the pricey Arione), this is the only one that I can ride with virtually no discomfort. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's marketed to women; at 6'1" 175, with wide sit bones, and still developing my leg strength, there's no way I should be on the same narrow saddle as a pocket-sized racer like Simoni. (I may switch to the similarly shaped, but slightly narrower, Aliante, once my legs get accustomed to bearing more of my weight.)
Favorite Ride: Anything without traffic
Price Paid:
$35.00
Purchased At: Supergo
Similar Products Used: Selle Italia XO, Flite and Max Flite (both with and without cutouts), Fizik Arione.
Bike Setup: Felt F65 with Thomson seatpost (gotta dial in that saddle tilt).
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jksu
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: December 31, 2004
Strengths: good fit, quality fizik construction, lightweight, not as expensive as alianteBottom Line: i've used selle flites for a long time on my mtn bikes... and the past 6 mos got into road riding and use the flites again. maybe it was not being used to being the saddle for long periods but i had butt pain and numbness.... so i thought maybe i'd try another saddle.
my butt's bigger than those racer guys, i'm 6', 170-180lb depending on what kind of shape i'm in... in any case i saw the vitesse with it's wider rear but similar lines as the higher end fizik aliante, so i thought i'd give it a try.
loved it. nice extra cushion felt great on the sit bones, but still decent weight, even with the less expensive cromoly model i got.
Favorite Ride: latuna, pch
Price Paid:
$60.00
Purchased At: online
Similar Products Used: selle flite, brook b17, wtb
Bike Setup: gunnar roadie, 105/ultegra, ck
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