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Technical => General Technical => Topic started by: jags on November 05, 2013, 12:40:50 PM

Title: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: jags on November 05, 2013, 12:40:50 PM

http://www.gizmag.com/manta-bicycle-saddle/15251/
what about this. ;D

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: John Saxby on November 05, 2013, 02:12:41 PM

Strange-looking device, jags, for sure. It does look like a leaf rake. 

Just to the right of the Manta, on the gizmag site, is a photolink to the "Infinity" seat:

http://www.gizmag.com/infinity-bicycle-seat/29481/   

Expensive at US$195, esp since there seems to be not a lot of material involved--trick hi-tech plastics in the saddle's frame, maybe?  The video makes a good case -- but who knows?  Might be worth tracking if & when it appears.

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: jags on November 05, 2013, 02:46:08 PM

John my arse would want to be in a bad way before i'de use it. ;D ;D

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: in4 on November 05, 2013, 04:41:41 PM

Leaving aside any affinity one might have with medieval torture ( think Judas chair!) I imagine it would be rather forgiving for those suffering from chalfonts!

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: NZPeterG on November 05, 2013, 06:14:42 PM

Quote from: jags on November 05, 2013, 02:46:08 PM

John my arse would want to be in a bad way before i'de use it. ;D ;D

My Ass would also be in pain!
We have Seatbones to seat on! So why not seat on your seat bones?
When you seat on your seatbones you have a fixed point to use the power in your legs

Two mad designs to add to the 1,000's of hair brain ideas that come out to fix cycling!

Time to go cycling

Pete

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: NZPeterG on November 06, 2013, 06:24:49 AM

Well been for the ride  8)

This is just all wrong https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/590326/video-303246-h264_high.mp4 (https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/590326/video-303246-h264_high.mp4)

I'll have to hit the well with my head! this is so so wrong!

Maybe we all need to remove a wheel and go for a ride! O' Yes I can do that  ???

Pete............  :o

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: JWestland on November 06, 2013, 10:54:17 AM

Quote from: John Saxby on November 05, 2013, 02:12:41 PM

Strange-looking device, jags, for sure. It does look like a leaf rake. 

Just to the right of the Manta, on the gizmag site, is a photolink to the "Infinity" seat:

http://www.gizmag.com/infinity-bicycle-seat/29481/   

Expensive at US$195, esp since there seems to be not a lot of material involved--trick hi-tech plastics in the saddle's frame, maybe?  The video makes a good case -- but who knows?  Might be worth tracking if & when it appears.

That actually might work. As any non-weight bearing tissue also gets pressed on by the saddle. Everybody who encountered an unexpected pothole knows what I'm talking about...the sitbones soak it up the bits upfront...YEOW!

The manta saddle...er no I don't see it. Looks like sitting on a grate...

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: John Saxby on November 06, 2013, 05:39:19 PM

I can see/hear the adverts now: "It's a breeze!"

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: energyman on November 06, 2013, 05:40:35 PM

If all else fails one could use it as a TV aerial ?

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: Andre Jute on November 06, 2013, 06:09:32 PM

It looks like a multimedia-multifinger stylus that took a wrong turning into the torture department.

Title: Re: take a look at new saddle design.
Post by: JWestland on November 07, 2013, 05:35:26 PM

Quote from: John Saxby on November 06, 2013, 05:39:19 PM

I can see/hear the adverts now: "It's a breeze!"

LOL :D

I can think of a few things to lower the tone now...

...but I shall leave that to the imagination.