@DJWarner I know exactly what you are referring to. I finally bought a power mirror when they came out with this Ti Rail version instead of carbon rails. With how much time I ride I figured it would be worth it. I also already know the Power Pressure Mapping works with my sitz bones very.
When I first got the saddle I actually wasn’t that impressed. Like with my hands it felt softer but on my rides i was like “this is good but not like OMG”. Then after 3 rides on that thing I went back to my normal power on my gravel rig… Ha, I immediately got bummed because what once was home for my sitz bones for 6hr rides, had now been out done by my mirror. I love it.
Now the negative sides, that are not really negative, but just depends on how you look at it.
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is what you are talking about. You cannot move fore and aft near as easy as you can on a “normal” saddle. It’s like the texture of the mirror 3d stuff grips your bibs pretty good… Like it’s not impossible to move fore/aft, but it’s not as easy as it was on previous saddles. Thus, for something like MTB I probably wouldn’t want to have this “grip” as I move around a lot on the mtb. Now there is a positive part to this. Lets say I am going stay seated in the saddle but put down a huge effort. Like bridging up to a break or something stupid like that. When I get down aero and really put down the watts in that seated aero position, I actually like that it grips my sitz bones/bibs and holds me there. It’s like it keeps me from sliding back if that makes sense. I also don’t notice any abnormal wear on my bibs.
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Another down side to this saddle is that once it’s dirty, there is no really cleaning it. Like if dirt and sweat get on it or inside those mirror parts it’s really hard to clean out. I have tried everything but it only kind of gets it clean. This is another reason why I could maybe see it not being used for MTB. The funny thing though is that I like this saddle so much that I think I am just going to say F’ it and get one for the mtb since I ride mostly XCM stuff.
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The price, but most of you that are on this forum are probably dentist or pilots or something so that’s all relative. I don’t make any kind of legit money and 325 is expensive as heck, but my rides are long so it’s worth it.
hope that helps.