AE Saddle

慣れが必要です。 最初は、何だこれ！？という違和感だらけの使い心地でした。 これまでのサドルの高さだとクッションの厚みの分だけ高すぎてしまい相当サドルの高さを下げました。 股のところで体重を支えた分を上半身と腕で支えることになりますので腕が疲れました。 しかし、4ヶ月使ってきていますが、これがだんだん慣れてきます。 今では前立腺への圧迫が無い安心感があるだけで違和感は全くありません。 先日は90km走行もこなせました。 買ってよかったと思います。 レースもこなせると思いますが、それには少し重いのでプラスチックの部分をカーボン製にした物が出るといいです！

Once set up and you get used to it the saddle is fantastic. No more pain

Ottima, la consiglio per chi ha problemi nelle parti genitali.

Takes a bit of getting used to, but there is zero pressure on your prostate. It is comfortable when you get used to it. I would buy again.

After a few hundred miles I'm bumping up to a 5! I just bought my second one for my road bike so I don't have to keep switching the saddle between my bikes! I would not be riding a bike if it weren't for this saddle...at least not still riding offroad and with some semblance of my former cycling life. I have battled prostatitis and this was the solution! It is of course not the same as a regular seat and has taken me a little while to adjust but I'm used to it now and it has broken in better than I'd expected. I am so used to it now I don't even notice it anymore and I NEVER have post-ride pain with this saddle. I've done a few rides recently on regular saddles and yep...pain. So this is for me the cure! I've have had the most success with it by setting my seat slightly lower, handlebars a little higher, and sitting in a slightly more upright position than I did with a standard seat. This includes leveling out this saddle a bit so the pads are not quite horizontal but sloping forward just a bit. This is very doable on my eBike, slightly harder to get away with on a regular bike where you need to be more hunched over with a higher seat for power but I do it on my road bike without much difference from my previous seat height and still zero perenium contact even in a hunched over position. It is zero perineum contact and nice to still have a nose there for some thigh control. Yes you can slip down on the nose part (has happened a few times on technical terrain) and that's not great but not worse than that hitting on a regular saddle. The construction is good with a quality plastic frame, cromo rails, and nice pads with a durable covering on them. The saddle is well built and flexes just a little which is actually great. It fits me well but one issue I could see for some riders would be the inability to move the pad width, angle, etc.. So it could work better for some than others depending on where your sit bones are. Another with a nose that is similar and more adjustable may be the SQ Lab 600 although there are complaints that the pads on this one cause thigh rubbing issues whereas the aeroelastic is not too wide and the pads do flatten out as you sit on them awhile (memory foam type of material). I can still mountain bike with it and no thigh contact issues at all, I even ride pretty aggressively with a dropper seat and can still get behind it no problem whereas most others including the SQ Lab look quite a bit wider and bulkier. And of course there's all the other truly noseless saddles out there like the Hobson, ISM, Wing, etc. but I hated the lack of a nose and some of those were way to big, wide and cumbersome for what I wanted as well as not all being zero perenium contact which is my issue. Hard to figure out what is best and unfortunately it may be trial and error for a lot of us with issues. But honestly after trying quite a few this one has proven to be the best one by far! 6/7/20 - I am glad to see these back in stock on Amazon! If you have any questions I found you can email Mico (owner of Aeroelastic) via their main website and he will get back with you. Very nice and prompt response. He may even have some of the higher end model of these saddles (the Eyes) still available. They are apparently not going to make them anymore due to cost (carbon fiber etc.) Anyway, just a heads up if you are interested in that model or have any questions. 10/23/20 - Update. I have now over 1000 miles on the saddle. I don't even notice it I'm so used to it now. ZERO prostate pain now in almost a year of riding. The saddle itself looks as good as the first day too! 3/22/2022 - Over 4000 miles on this saddle (well split between two of them.) Both are holding up well and zero prostate issues. Never even notice now and ride all kinds of road and mtb tech terrain. I have done 50+ mile rides on these. I just bought my 3rd since they were out on Amazon during COVID and this is literally the only saddle keeping me riding so I want to have a good supply of them! Still just amazed at this product and I tried them all and gave up biking for a few years. When I first tried it I didn't think it would work but now it's all that feels normal to me so stick with it if you have issues and it will become second nature and keep you riding!