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Anyone ridden on both (obvioulsy not at the same time) how do they comapre. Currently have a spoon on the mtb, did have them on the cross and road bike as well. put ariones on the cross and road bike and find them much better, that may be due to the extra range of movement from the fizik. Just wondered if the gobi offers similar for the mtb. My suspicion is no as you are out of the saddle more anyway but would be interested to here comments
thanks
i have a fizik gobi which came with my bike and i think they are really over-rated.badly made to the point i had to glue mine back together and not that comfy after a couple of hours. the spoon is cheap and cheerful but if you want a better quality item the specialized bodyform are good as is the bontrager [ which is guaranteed comfortable or you can return it
I had a gobi which came apart fairly quickly, and it wasn't all that comfy. I like the speccy BG ones a lot but off road they also tend to fall apart pronto, so I got a spoon. A match made in heaven.
But then I didn't seem to get on with the Gobi shape, too domed, it put too much pressure on the parts between my sit bones. I have a couple of nisene's on my commuter and hack, and in comparison they're much comfier.
Gobi, fine here!!
Got a spoon that I cannot get on with. Since got a Spec Phenom BG which is fine for 6 hours. Just got a new Gobi but only been on it once for a 3 hour spin and it seems fine - but it's physically narrow so may not suit your bones / butt.
Gobi was great while it lasted (18months) just wore through the leather on the nose...damn those muscly thighs..went back to a flite cos I've got them on all my bikes but not much between then...not tried the spoons sorry
gobi, bit narrow for my bum. spoon better for me. must get my backside on the spesh bg bum gauge at the lbs,
i found my gobi very uncomfy - ive had a spoon for about a year now and its far superior.
depends on the shape of your body tho
As far as I could work out, all the disintegrating Gobis were due to bike wash killing the glue. We had a load of them returned. I tried to make a point of asking whoever I could.
Anyway.. My tuppence worth:
Old Gobi: yes!
New Gobi: hmmm. not so much.
Spoon: not tried.
Spoon well comfy saddle
never tried the Gobi
phew, lucky I rarely clean my bike. Got Gobi. It is thin/narrow, but seems pretty good so far and its long, so allows a good deal of moving around on it.
The new Gobi has gone flatter and wider. - They lost the plot a little IMO. It used to be one of the few saddles about in a proper old-school humped shape without daft cut-outs, and it worked very well for many.
The spoon is a little flatter agin isn't it, so not really a fair comparison.
oh yeah, forgot to say I got the old(ish) one.