SDG I Sky I-Beam Saddle

Advantages: Light, nice ride, good brakes
Disadvantages: Chain should have shield,brakes bit squeeky,only availible from halfords

...I brought this as my last bike, a saracen, died on me, it was really in a terrible mess! I brought this for £400 in Halfords, which is a pretty good deal for what you get. The technician was very helpful in there, otherwise I probably would have brought a bike from a Local Bike Store. So, what do you get for your £400 here? Well, a light and strong bike, with hyrdaulics, 24 gears, thick tyres, nice wheels with strong spokes. "GT Triple Triangle Aluminium frame with butted tubes Suntour XCR 100mm travel fork with hydraulic rebound damping and on the fly lock-out Tektro Auriga Comp hydraulic disc brakes 180/160mm rotors Shimano Deore/ Alivio 24 speed gearing Truvativ Isoflow chainset Tioga Factory XC tyres WTB SX24 rims SDG Bel Air saddle GT over size bar and stem" All in all, a good bike for you money. So far, been so good. My main... Read review

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Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: easy to damage, doesnt look good, too light

...I do not think, that wintecs are good saddles. They are made from textil instead of leather and that means, it is very easy to damage. I have once seen a dressage rider on a competition, using an old wintec saddle and it looked really horrible. Like if she would use an old pullover on a horse back. Also I think, that these saddles are too light and thats not good. It doesnt protect the horse back from your weight and it keeps moving instead of lying still. True, they are cheap and easy to care about, but who wants to sit on a wet saddle? (the only way to wash it is with water). My opinion is, that leather saddles are much better. I know, that there was a big boom, everybody bought wintec saddles, but somehow nobody has them anymore.... Read review

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Advantages: light weight,comfortable and no soap!!
Disadvantages: picks up hair slightly.

...Ive got a wintec synthetic saddle and i've had it for about a year!! I cant stand the smell of saddle soap and it makes my hands all sticky and horrible ewww!! With a wintec synthetic saddle i dont have to use saddle soap at all!!! Its amazing!! All I have to do is wipe it over with a damp cloth when im finished riding and TADAR!!! its clean!!!!! No smelly saddles soap to be seen!! My horse is a rescue horse so can ocasionally be nervous and with my old leather saddle she would sometimes move away when i went to put it on because it was so heavy and probably uncomfortable for her. So I bought this wintec saddle and its so light weight that im sure she hardly even notices it's there! Its easy for my to carry around, I can easily take it to the stables on my bike which would have been completely impossible with my heavy leather saddle... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful