Bontrager women's Inform saddles now available

[Zen]

How do you pronounce Bontrager?

Bont-rage-er?
Bon-tray-grr?
Bon-tray-jer?

[emily_in_nc]

How do you pronounce Bontrager?

Bont-rage-er?
Bon-tray-grr?
Bon-tray-jer?

I was told it was pronounced "Bon-trahh-grr", with the emphasis on the middle syllable (ahhhh sound). German, I guess. Not sure that's right, but the person who told me was rather informed about all things cycling.

Anyone know for sure?

[VeloVT]

I have not seen the women's version of this saddle yet. However, earlier this summer, bf was looking for a new saddle and I was scoping out the local shops for him. I handled the men's version of this saddle and it looked to me like something I would be able to ride (and I have had some pretty bad experiences with the older generations of Bontrager saddles). I think these new Bontrager saddles are much better -- I am willing to give Bontrager saddles a second chance based on how these look.

They have a much flatter profile, unlike the older ones that had a pronounced curve from tip to tail. That curve **killed** me... But apparently it works for some people. It's kind of like the difference between the Fizik Arione, which I find very comfy, and the Fizik Aliante, which I haven't actually ridden but it looks like a torture device to me, with that big contour. However, it's one of their best selling saddles, so go figure...

[VeloVT]

I say it "bahn' tray-ghur" but I probably sound like I don't know my stuff ...

[OakLeaf]

http://www.bontrager.com/faqs/general_faqs/en

[Trigress]

I say it "bahn' tray-ghur" but I probably sound like I don't know my stuff ...

I'm Norwegian, I say Bånn-trager. That didn't help much did it? For those of you hating the Bontrager saddles it might amuse you that "bånn" (pronounced as in James Bon'. ) means "bottom" as in very bad indeed, not as in buttocks. OK, I'll see if I can get a life.

By the way, I bought a Bontrager men's saddle 128mm the other day and I absolutely love it, but then I appear to have unbelievably narrow sit bones.

[Aggie_Ama]

Anyone still riding this? What do you think? I saw one at Mellow Johnny's last weekend and was quite intrigued but unfortunately broke because it was 20% off. I hate my Selle Italia Lady Gel because it is too wide and chafes, otherwise I like it. If it just wouldn't chafe I wouldn't be having this problem! Have a narrow commuter saddle I like but it is too narrow and too firm for long distances. I need sorta squishy, I like cut out but willing to give this one a go.

[dex]

I'm still riding the inForm RL on my Litespeed (the more "aggressive" of my two road bikes--i.e. more saddle to bar drop than the other). I've gone back and forth between the 140 and the 150, more out of curiosity than anything else. I can't say that I've noticed much difference between the two in terms of comfort, so I think I'm going to keep the 150 and call it good. (The LBS that I bought it from has been great at letting me switch out the saddles on a whim.)

The saddle on my other road bike has a cut-out, but I find that the channel/groove in the inForm RL gives my bits all the room they need. And, I just like the look of it, to be honest.

To be fair, it seems like most of the complaints/concerns about this saddle that I've read involve chafing at the sides. That's not a problem I've encountered with any of the saddles I've tried, so I can't comment on that. (Hrm...except the Terry Butterfly that came on my Litespeed. The nose on that was just a bit too beefy for me, and I thought it had the potential for chafing and annoyance on longer rides, so I replaced it pretty quickly.)

[Andrea]

Anyone still riding this? What do you think? I saw one at Mellow Johnny's last weekend and was quite intrigued but unfortunately broke because it was 20% off. I hate my Selle Italia Lady Gel because it is too wide and chafes, otherwise I like it. If it just wouldn't chafe I wouldn't be having this problem! Have a narrow commuter saddle I like but it is too narrow and too firm for long distances. I need sorta squishy, I like cut out but willing to give this one a go.

Check out the SI "lady" SLR. It's not quite as wide or padded, and has a pretty nice cutout. It hasn't chafed my side-taint, even though I still get numbness in both my seatbones and soft tissues if I don't stand up every 10 minutes or so after an hour of riding. It's not quite as flexible as the Specialized Ruby which caused the same type of numbness, but it does have more padding, so I'm still in search of a wide, brick-like saddle with a cutout.

[JaneE]

How do you pronounce Bontrager?

Bont-rage-er?
Bon-tray-grr?
Bon-tray-jer?

From the Bontrager website:

"Q: How do you pronounce Bontrager?
A: We get that a lot!

Bon as in bonfire
tra as in traffic
ger as in grrr"

http://bontrager.com/faqs/general_faqs/

Slowly but surely I'm learning how to pronounce things so I don't sound like quite such a noob.