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San Marco Era Pro Ti Saddles

3.83/5

(6 Reviews)

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MSRP : $89.00

Product Description

Titanium rails with a Lorica top.

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Submitted by Bridav1 a Road Racer

Date Reviewed: February 14, 2009

Strengths:    -comfort
-looks

Weaknesses:    -perhaps a bit too minimalist for larger riders. My buddy who has a sprinter's body type, found this saddle to be painful.

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This saddle came with the Orca I bought about 11 months ago. Depending on the time of year, I ride 150-225 miles per week, and I haven't had a single problem with the saddle yet. I have a feeling this saddle is best suited to those with a climbers physique. I am 6'1" and weigh 155 lbs (I have little butt), and I noticed that the other reviewers who recommend this saddle are my size or smaller. The best compliment I can give this saddle is that I haven't noticed it was there from day one. I haven't had a single saddle sore or even a sore rear.

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Price Paid:    $100.00

Purchased At:   campus cycles

Bike Setup:   -Orbea Orca
-full record 10 speed gruppo\
-Ksyrium SL wheels with Conti Attack/Force tires
-speedplay Ti pedals
-3T Ergosum bars

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Submitted by Tim a Recreational Rider

Date Reviewed: December 2, 2007

Strengths:    Fit and price of 2nd hand ones is always good.

Weaknesses:    A tad hard, but fits really nicely, so you don't actually feel the padding much anyway.

Bottom Line:

Picked up a Colnago version of this off ebay for a song. Good length and just wide enough to fit the sit bones nicely. The padding down the centre is nice too.

I have a small butt so the wide saddles aren't any good. If you're like me I can recommend this saddle.

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Similar Products Used: SAN MARCO Rolls - a bit wide for me.

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Submitted by Jetski a Recreational Rider

Date Reviewed: October 9, 2004

Strengths:    Looks, durability

Weaknesses:    Painful

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If you don't ride every day and you have to take a week off from riding every now and then, buyer beware. This seat is painful. It takes over a month of constant riding to not feel the pain. Even when it finely felt good on rides over 45 miles, it hurt. I am a big guy 6'2" and 240 pound. But, this saddle has hurt me more then any other.

I have put over a thousand miles on it and it looks brand new. I wish it would work but it does not.

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Favorite Ride:   Marlboro, NY

Purchased At:   LBS

Similar Products Used:   Many other

Bike Setup:   Trek 5200, Duro Ace peddels, Polar 725 computer

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Submitted by onrhodes a Road Racer

Date Reviewed: April 16, 2004

Strengths:    dampens shocks, reasonable weight, can get them cheap off ebay, long wearing.

Weaknesses:    hard to find some times

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Saddles are a very personal choice, but I do have to say that I love this one. At 135lbs and 5'4" this thing rocks. Not too wide, not too narrow. Longer then a flite.
I used to wear out 1 flite a year. I still have my original ERA over 3 years old, 15,000+ miles and it finally started to wear away on the sides last year.
The rubber insert in the frame of the saddle is nice

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Favorite Ride:   Any day on the bike

Price Paid:    $50.00

Purchased At:   Ebay

Similar Products Used:   Flite

Bike Setup:   Look KG361, Chorus/record mix. USE Alien seatpost and of a san marco era saddle.

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Submitted by midbunchlurker a Road Racer

Date Reviewed: February 9, 2004

Strengths:    Well made. Light but not superlight

Weaknesses:    Stitching seems to make my shorts wear.

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I'm 140lbs 5'10 and this saddle works well for me. Its has quite stiff padding that isn't so comfortable if you're not riding regularly, but once you get the mileage up to over 10 hours a week then it feels like you could ride all day on this.