My bike has a Prologo Nago saddle that is about 4-5yrs old and seen about 30K miles. On recent rides this Spring, been more difficult to find the sweet spot on saddle and beginning to wonder if saddle is fatigued and due for replacement or has my body just changed a bit and this particular saddle no longer fits the way it once did.
So question to this esteemed forum:
How often do you replace your saddle - is there a saddle life/range?
BTW on other bike, have Fizik Aliante which also fits me quite well.
Saddle longeviety
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Varies on usage and construction. The original SI Flite saddle would sag noticeably after about 10K km, I would be fine on it and then start to have "issues". I think any saddle with a nylon/plastic base is probably the same. The original Fizik Arione saddles were also well-known for sag in the base. Saddles with CF bases like the high-end Aliante can last much longer. I have one that has probably over 40K km on it and it honestly does not feel much different than the new one I just put on another bike.
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Bigger Gear wrote:Varies on usage and construction. The original SI Flite saddle would sag noticeably after about 10K km, I would be fine on it and then start to have "issues". I think any saddle with a nylon/plastic base is probably the same. The original Fizik Arione saddles were also well-known for sag in the base. Saddles with CF bases like the high-end Aliante can last much longer. I have one that has probably over 40K km on it and it honestly does not feel much different than the new one I just put on another bike.
That may indeed be the case here - it's all about the materials of construction. My Aliante w/ CF base is still holding up strong but this nago seems to be sagging into the rails (which is also what happened to by Selle Flite) thus the discomfort.
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