Saddle Dissection

Here you have a saddle that worked fairly well for me up to 100-150 miles per ride, but beyond that the presence of a convex nose just put too much friction and pressure on precious soft tissue. As you can see It's not rocket science, this saddle building. Essentially it's a hard layer of plastic or carbon fiber in a shape meant to cup the sit bones comfortably, covered with a thick layer of closed-cell foam for padding, and a thin leather upper for durability and minimal friction.


When the leather upper is removed, followed by the foam, the shape of the hard surface underneath is revealed as well as a gasket of some type of silicon or rubber possibly meant to contain the foam as it is molded (it was a smooth, single shaped piece indicating that it was molded that way). Of course my model of the BiSaddle will differ substantially from this due to the need for adjustability (each half will be narrower) and the nose will be absent entirely. Where this saddle had 2 rails which link right into the underside of the saddle, on my saddle the rails will have to be shaped differently to link into a separate frame to which the upper carbon surfaces will attach.

I have ordered my first carbon mold kit and carbon fiber kit to begin the next phase of saddle development. Keep your fingers crossed for me!