Adamo Saddles

[kelownagirl]

Anyone use one?

This blog is looking for feedback.

http://bikeshopgirl.com/2010/01/sadd...adamo-saddles/

[SadieKate]

There were a ton of Adamo saddles on the TT bikes at US Nationals. Probably means something positive.

[celerystalksme]

GF likes it!

[kermit]

I know as few tri girls that LOVE them. They did say adjustment is crucial and that your seat bones WILL be sore, cuz that is the only area of support. I looked hard at them but was lucky to find the one I have now and like. Tell her to give it a few more rides!

[Suechoccy]

yes there's a fair few of us use them in the UK for timetrials, and some for roadracing too.

I've got Adamos on my tt bike (tribars, lowpro frame) and my turbo/training bike (drops, normal frame). There's a video on the ISM site which shows you how to set an Adamo saddle up properly.

It takes pressure off the front pubic bone/soft tissue area and also gives a space for your soft tissues to sit, uncompressed.

Sitting on the seatbones feels a little hard at first but you soon get used to it provided you set the saddle up properly to start with and then tweak if needed along the lines they suggest.

Under pressure I do tend to slide forwards a bit but looking at other people under pressure on bikes, so do they. Sliding forwards isn't too uncomfortable, less uncomfy than sliding forwards on a normal saddle.

The Adamo saved my racing career, I could not sit in the tt position for any length of time (3 miles was enough before I'd start wriggling) with any "normal" shape of saddle, with or without cutouts. With the Adamo I do all distances up to 100 miles.

[artifactos]

I've wanted to try an Adamo saddle since I've had issues with every saddle I've tried thus far. I'm currently dealing with my Terry Butterfly, though I still can't handle it past 30 miles a ride. My soft tissue is where I develop my issues, though I've never had any seatbone pain even after my longer rides.

I ride horses, so I don't forsee any major issues with seatbone soreness.. but then, maybe I should try a Brooks saddle instead? I just hate the saddle search!

[blackhillsbiker]

I truly have no soft tissue problems with my Brooks saddle. I commute daily in jeans, and longer on the weekends in cycling shorts. Either way I am comfortable. There was a week or so where my sitbones were sore but that went away and has never come back. My saddle is still hard, but it has dents where my sit bones go. It's like my favorite pair of hiking boots. Shaped like me.

Deb