Planet Bike Men’s A.R.S. Anatomic Relief Bicycle Saddle
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Amazon.com Product Description
Eliminate numbness and pain with the seriously comfortable Planet Bike Men’s A.R.S. Anatomic Relief Bicycle Saddle. The A.R.S. saddle will allow you to stay comfortable for hours of riding and take the bumps of the road or trail with minimal discomfort. While the A.R.S. is not the absolute lightest seat available, it earns its five-star rating in rump-saving comfort–making it a favorite of road riders, weekenders, mountain bikers, and freestylers alike.
While sit-bone gel pads provide needed cushioning on pressure points, the full-length center recess keeps pressure away from your most vulnerable areas, providing anatomic relief from painful bumps and/or long rides. SuperSoft padding with a flex base offers maximum comfort and support when seated. The A.R.S. seat is a favorite for any style of biker, whether you’re an occasional rider without a high tolerance to the biking saddle, put in many miles and need maximum relief and support, or take frequent bumps.
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Over the years, I’ve owned everything from Selle San Marco to Specialized Body Geometry, and this seat is seriously the most comfortable seat I’ve ever owned. If you’re looking for the lightest seat around, this isn’t it; mine weighs 390 grams. But if you want to be comfortable for hours on end, buy this seat. I can’t recommend it enough. I do my best to keep my mountain bike under 20lbs., so I’ve saved weight elsewhere to make up for the extra grams of this seat and it’s totally worth it. I plan on buying the women’s version for my wife soon, too.
Rating: 5 / 5
Over the last 10 years, I’ve ridden about 1,000 miles a year. Most rides are 20 to 40 miles with a few up to 60. Last year I did 2,000 and developed a lot of pain on the points of my sit bones (where presumable you are suppose to put your weight). I was riding a Koobi Enduro for about 2 years (which previously worked OK). Before that, I road a basic Serfas gel saddle (and really liked it until I started using aero bars due to stressed muscles in my left hand). The Serfas was not split and did not allow riding with bars without undue pressure on the prostate. In any event, every bike store I talk to and every article I read talks about the importance of a firm saddle. Well, maybe that’s generally true but this saddle has been a great change for me (more cushion than the average serious bike seat). My sit bones are almost back to normal and the split allows me to keep pressure away from “important areas”. No problems there. I ride about half in the aero bars and half sitting up, frequently shifting positions and weight to avoid injury and discomfort. When in the bars, I try to keep no more than 40% of my weight in the saddle, maybe 40% on pedals and 20% in bars. When sitting up, probably 50%, 40%, 10%. Seems to be working OK. Best advice, if it hurts, don’t do it. I have a friend that just road until he was numb. Needless to say, he’s got serious problems now. Seems like a duh, but apparently not. Happy riding! (oh, I’m I guy, Library Lady is my wife…lol)
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this saddle for “anatomical relief.” But the saddle actually caused more problems. The “neck” of the saddle is wider than that of a normal saddle, and it is higher. So even though there is a hole in the middle of the neck, you feel the neck more as you ride in comparison to a normal saddle. Instead of just cutting off circulation like a normal saddle, it actually causes aching pain that lasts long after I’ve stopped riding.
Also, the logos you see on the side of the saddle are decals or stickers that begin wearing and peeling off during the first week of use. Very cheap-looking.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this item after reading all the glowing reviews – and the sadle that came with my full suspension moutain bike left me soar the next day so much that it would hurt just to sit down…
well, I’ve ridden this one 3 times so far and I can say that I wasn’t sore the next day after hard moutain biking for 2+h rides, so this was a big improvement – a no brainer for only $[...].
However all is not perfect – I find it to be unconfortable while riding, where I need to reposition my butt around during long climbs while my previous paper thin one wasn’t (but oh what a pain the next few days it was). People mention how soft it is, but I find it still rather firm top (doesn’t have a gel top or anything – seem like all 1 density foam). Also the decal rubbed partially off on the very first ride as another review mentioned – cheap – and the side already has a crease from my weight (200lbs) but that’s decoration so who cares….
I almost didn’t buy this seat because it looked so wide in the picture – turns out it’s not much wider than my old one, but is much shorter (by 1.5″ !) so it looks a bit more stubby. Black and silver look very futuristic. Weight was barely more than my paper thin one (couldn’t beleive how heavy mine was with hardly any padding).
For $[...] can’t complain too much. Ideally it would be a bit wider and longer for me (I’m 6.3 and the seat feels small) and have soft gel top (dealing with rough terrain here ! maybe it’s the non curvy shape since my old thin one was ok there).
Rating: 4 / 5
I’m a big guy, and I’ve been looking for a saddle that relieves pressure in “that area” for some time. Now that I have put 150 miles on this saddle, I can say I found it. Cheap, too! Unfortunately I think the materials are a bit on the cheap side as well. I don’t expect it to last years and years, but at these prices I can afford to swap it out of the fabric splits.
Like others, the decals are peeling off of mine quickly, but that’s OK. I would rather it didn’t have big bright logos against the black material. The important thing is, my big wide butt fits on this saddle just right: it tucks up and supports the sit bones without pressing in on “that area” and making things sore or worse, numb.
If they made this in a more durable material I would never buy another saddle ever.
Rating: 4 / 5