I'm sure this has been discussed before but I couldn't find anything 'technical' to explain why the Gobi is described as a mountain bike saddle - is it just the length of the nose? It seems to me sensible having just got a road bike to have a very similar or ideally the same saddle on each bike, especially as the Gobi is very comfortable for my personal arse.
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If it's acceptable to your arse, who cares what label the manufacturer puts on it?
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As rugby says, it's just marketing, if your bum likes a Gobi use it on every bike. My road bike has a ragley cheeky (which is a road saddle with lairy graphics)
I had one on my Cannondale road bike and it was so nice somebody nicked it!
Thats wot I thought, I haven't had a road bike for years, thought the lower position might make it uncomfortable - I'm gonna put it on and try it tomorrow...
Don't forget that mtb saddles are designed for a different riding position, compared to road bikes; so although it may fit your backside, it may not sit well (pun intended) with your road riding position. Having said that, try it: If it works, it works.
That was kind of my point, but looking at the shape from the side it doesn't look a lot different to their road offerings.
Isn't it shorter with more sag in the middle? Or more usually, road saddles are flatter and longer to better support a lower position and give more forward positions too.
Anyway give it a go and change if you need to.
It's longer than the road saddles - 285mm vs 265-275mm for Aliante and Antares - pretty small difference though.
The Gobi is quite good for an MTB saddle as the nose section is fairly flat. This makes it slightly more comfortable on your privates when you're perched forwards trying to keep the front end down on a steep climb.
But a Gobi is perfectly adequate for the road too. The difference is that you don't really change position much when riding on a road bike. So you just need to get the fore-aft and tilt set for your typical road riding position, which you'll probably stay in for hours at a time.
Don't assume your MTB saddle tilt will be the same if that saddle is fitted to your road bike. For me, I have my MTB saddles pointing slightly downhill (from the back) with the nose horizontal. For road, I use a spirit level to get the nose and back sections at the same horizontal.
As said above, ignore the marketing - it's about 'contact' comfort, and road riding can be worse than the cushioning you get from a full-suss MTB with bouncy tyres.
It's longer than the road saddles - 285mm vs 265-275mm for Aliante and Antares - pretty small difference though.
Isn't the Gobi the MTB equivalent of the Arione rather than the two you mention. The Arione Classic is 300mm long (and is a great saddle in my experience)
Gobi to me looks most similar to Aliante. The Arione looks super flat and very ouch in the arse to me!