Description The Endurance saddle. Beautifully styled but built to last. Leather and Kevlar with 20% more padding than the Xenon. Manganese rails. Only 268 grams.
Bike Setup: Felt 55, full DuraAce, American classic wheels
Summary: Ordered this saddle after I got tired of my stock Felt saddle separating my ischial tuberosities (sit bones). Liked the reviews and decided to give this a try. I received it 2 days after my order, talk about fast service! Used it yesterday and immediately felt the soreness begin to decrease. Today, I have no soreness at all. While the saddle is firm, it is not hard and has plenty of cushioning. It also has an excellent platform to sit on. I measured the width of my sit bones as best as I could to try and determine whether this seat would work for me and that seems to have been correct. I highly recommend this saddle.
Strengths: Butt-healing Comfort. Fine craftsmanship. Great sitting platform.
Weaknesses: No ability to test it out. Recommend trying to gauge the width of your sitbones prior to purchase.
Similar Products Used: Stock Felt saddle. WTB mtn bike saddles.
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Summary: Well I bought this saddle based on the reviews I read here and I gotta say, I hate it. I've put 200 miles on it, tried various positions and have to say it is very uncomfortable. I'll be sending it back to get at least 60 percent of what I paid for it back.
Strengths: seems well made
Weaknesses: Just too darn hard. No flex at all. Channel could be wider and deeper also.
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Bike Setup: LeMond Reno 2006. All original components (Shimano 105/Tiagra) except for saddle.
Summary: This absolutely saved me from a past year of saddle torture. I had a Bontrager Race Lux saddle before this one that came with my bike. It had way too much pelvic pressure in the groin area. (It actually sloped slightly UP at the tip, for some unspeakable reason, and it felt like someone kicked me you-know-where whenever I rode over a big bump.) I have a lot of flesh covering my sit bones, so I prefer to have more of my weight shifted there rather than in front, and this saddle is actually designed to do that. I now enjoy riding my bike roughly twice as much. I'll be using this saddle as long as I'm riding.
Strengths: -Product is 100% as advertised. Saddle is choice is personal, but this is perfect for anyone whose main problem is too much pelvic pressure while sitting on the bike.
-Sleek-looking and light-weight.
Weaknesses: -None so far. The rails are designed so that the saddle slopes very slightly downward, so it makes it more difficult to ride with no hands (and not slip down), assuming you like to ride with no hands.
-The paint on the rails is starting to chip a little from friction (which doesn't matter to me).
Similar Products Used: Bontrager Race Lux on my road bike and so-called "comfort" saddles on other bikes.
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Bike Setup: Pinarello Gallileo, Campy Record Ergo 8 spd, FSA Carbon cranks
Summary: I have recently returned to riding after a ten year absense. Prior to this I raced in both the US and Europe. My favorite saddles at that time were the Selle Italia Turbomatic and San Marco Regal.
When I first started riding again, I was unable to ride my Turbomatic and it almost made me want to quit riding because of the pain.
I spoke with the guys at Koobi and they recommended the AU Enduro.
This saddle is AWESOME!!! It fits my body perfectly and I don't even feel the saddle.
I really appreciate the time they spent talking to me to figure out the saddle to my needs!
Strengths: Comfortable
Looks great
Weaknesses: none
Similar Products Used: Turbomatic, Regal, Rolls, Concor, Turbo, Flite
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Bike Setup: 2006 Trek Madone 5.2 SL and 2006 Trek 7.5 FX.
Summary: I have the Koobi AU Enduro with the mag rails for both my Trek Madone and my Trek 7.5 fx hybrid and I am happy to say that I have yet to find a better one and Ive ridden alot of saddles to get to this point.
Strengths: Lightweight, comfortable and forgiving where it counts fits my anatomy perfectly. No numbness or tingling whatsoever at any distance.
Weaknesses: Not as sexy looking as your selle brands but hey it works.
Similar Products Used: Selle Italia Flite
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