I still like mine, although I've swapped them around to different bikes. The touring bike now has the Glider, the road bike the Lite 209, and the wind trainer bike the Avant. I have no idea why I need something as wide as the Avant on the trainer, because as far as I can see it's set up pretty much the same as the other two bikes. Nonetheless, the other two saddles were painful for that use.
SMP does produce some less expensive versions of their saddles, but for some reason these don't appear on the manufacturer's website anywhere. You can find them on eBay under names like TRK (similar to Avant or Pro), or Strike Extra(= Glider?). They are made from less expensive materials than the ones that do appear on the website, and I can only guess that they're produced in the far east somewhere.
E.T.A.: Here's one called the Hell. Hopefully that doesn't describe the experience of riding on it!
http://www.albabici.com/selle/svt-saddles/hell/hell.htm



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