The Fizik Gobi: What do we think?

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The Fizik Gobi: What do we think?

53 posts & 42 voices | Started 9 months ago by chrisjnr | Latest reply from kudos100

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KingofBiscuits - Member

Great saddle. Super comfy and a nice platform for mile munching. Love mine. Been my only perch for 4 and a half years. Would not consider anything else. Great customer service too.

The fabric on the nose of my first saddle ripped due to the abrasive, grippy material on the inside of my shorts constantly rubbing against it through pedalling. Demoted this to the shed and bought another one. Crashed and bent the saddle a month later so wrote to Fizik. They collected both saddles via courier and then within 5 days sent me two brand new saddles via courier from Italy. Champion.

Posted 9 months ago #
chrisjnr - Member

Would we say that I's Ok for a 6 ft 3" rider of 11 stone then?
It's not like I torment any of my saddles, but what would you say causes this seemingly "dramatic" wear on the nose and rear section... weight or inability to ride without falling over?

Posted 9 months ago #
mountaincarrot - Member

It's not so much the width as the shape of the cross section which affects things. Check it. Many saddles are flatter and get me really hard on the sit bones. (= bum boils).
Gobi is more humped and spreads out the load more evenly. It's all about maximizing contact area. . Suits me.

Posted 9 months ago #
Bimbler - Member

Unuterable butt torture, the most uncomfortable saddle I've ridden on since the greek island hire bike. I like wtb. Persevered for 3 rides and then flogged on.

Posted 9 months ago #
budgierider67 - Member

To buck the 'only suits big heavy riders' theory, I'm 11.5 stone & 5'8".
I dunno what is causing the nose wear. I don't fall off a lot or lean it against anything abrasive. I can't see my shorts doing excessive damage either. Maybe they just are a bit stingy with the thickness of the leather.

Posted 9 months ago #
mboy - Member

Not for me, gave me numb knob

One lap of FTD at Cannock, all 7 arduous miles of it, and I wouldn't have got hard if you'd thrown me to the Swedish topless mud wrestling team and tickled me with a feather! Don't think I even knew I needed a wee for an hour or so until I got off the bike I was so numb... Hateful hateful thing.

Saddles NEED pressure relief grooves and cutouts IMO, and wide enough backs to support your sitbones well. But then again we are all different!

Posted 9 months ago #
ilovemygears - Member

one came with my bike, really nice saddle would get another one

Posted 9 months ago #
xcstu - Member

its is like they say a very personal thing saddles.. one doesn't suit another!!!

Posted 9 months ago #
dazzlingboy - Member

I'm a fan, and of the ones I've tried over the last couple of years

1 Gobi - great - seems to work well on HT bike with that little bit of flex it has. Creaks like a creaky thing. Costs a small fortune.
2 Spesh Body Geometry - horrible - tried to like it but now in the bin. Hateful thing.
3 Spoon - run 2 of these and I get on well with them. Nice fit for me and the bonus is that at £25 you can't go far wrong.

Posted 9 months ago #
soobalias - Member

love em - very comfy

they dont like being washed, the nose end wears and looks tatty quickly, very prone to creaking rails - tho less so if you dont clean it

the XM is a different kettle of fish

IME, you need to try one, it doesnt take five mins to know if it suits you.

Posted 9 months ago #
monkeyboyjc - Member

I've had three in 5 years (all on the same bike)- all with Ki:um rails. I bought them new (never spent more than £45 though, and 2 second hand with many miles of use for around £35-40 mark).
One white and black and two all black.

They've been the most comfy saddle i've used, however i've found that the covering used on the nose wares quite quickly - i think that they may have changed the fabric at some point in the last few years as the the newer two i've had ware the worst. It does depend on the shorts you use though....

this is 1st one i bought (in white) after 2 years use, you can see the colour is still pretty good:

you can just see the nose wearing through here:

tbh - the next saddle i'll buy will be a brooks.

Posted 9 months ago #
ATGANI - Member

Why dont you find a shop with a demo saddle?
Good Fizik dealers will lend you one of the god awful colour demo saddles to try!
(They are a god awful colour to stop you "extending" the loan)

Posted 9 months ago #
cheers_drive - Member

I didn't get on with mine and swapped do running Bel Airs which I much prefer. The covering wore at the edges badly too.

Posted 9 months ago #
gboarder - Member

Hi,

If you fancy trying one, I have just replaced mine with a new one the old one is still intact and the leather is not split etc.

PM me and I can send you some images, will sell just to cover postage etc so about £10 paypal.

BTW: it's all black with the standard rails. Approx. 8 years old but only used for approx. 500 miles or so.

Cheers

G

Posted 9 months ago #
monogramman - Member

Came standard on my bike, I love it, especially like the clip system for my bag or light.

Also used SDG bel air with ti rails, had to find the "sweet spot" for comfort, still felt harder than my Gobi though.

Posted 9 months ago #
johnners - Member

Hated mine, instantly uncomfortable and never got any better though I did try after spuffing that much cash on a perch. I get on quite well with SDG BA and WTB saddles though.

I'm not sure I'd buy a second-hand "white" saddle that had somehow gone yellow either!

Posted 9 months ago #
martinxyz - Member

I found mine comfy on the bike it came fitted on for the first half hour but noticed that after a few hours i was struggling with it.I have since moved it around half a dozen times but compared to the sdg fx ibeam on the hardtail,its not as comfy.I look forward to sitting on the hardtail with the ibeam saddle on certain days/depending on where i plan on riding.

Just cant wait for the ibeam fitting on the top of a rockshox reverb or the bright spark that comes out with a fitment to slap an ibeam onto the railed reverb undercarriage..

Posted 9 months ago #
kudos100 - Member

Anyone want to do a saddle swap? I've got a mint specialized bg henge 143 that is gathering dust in my bike room......

Posted 9 months ago #