Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle Reviews
Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated October, 2024
Latest Price: £134.99 – Save 25% (RRP: £179.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.
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Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle features
Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black-Black Other Saddles found with this Spec: 55 |
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Spec 2
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Size: Wide – 144mm Wide Other Saddles found with this Spec: 7 |
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Spec 3
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Gender: Unisex Other Saddles found with this Spec: 2527 |
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Spec 4
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Option: DNA Carbon Rails Other Saddles found with this Spec: 8 |
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Feature 1
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Rail Material: DNA-Carbon Waist Other Saddles found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Cover Material: Microfeel Other Saddles found with this feature: 16 |
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Feature 3
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Padding: Biofoam Other Saddles found with this feature: 23 |
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Feature 4
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Rail Dimensions: 9.8x7mm Other Saddles found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 5
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Dimensions: 250x144mm Other Saddles found with this feature: 4 |
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Feature 6
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Weight: 150g (approx) Other Saddles found with this feature: 3 |
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Price
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£134.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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1 |
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Review Score
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5 / 5 Average score in category: 4.4/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Saddles. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Saddles. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Saddles. Brands like Selle San Marco are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Saddles category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Saddles.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £134.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Saddles
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Saddles.
We found 596 in the Saddles category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £91.63, making it above average at £134.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Saddles. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £424.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.
With 596 products available we worked out that 118 cost more than Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle and 473 were cheaper.
Cost of Selle San Marco products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 62 products from Selle San Marco, of which 57 were in the Saddles category.
For now though we’re looking at Selle San Marco branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £88.38 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Selle San Marco product we found was £6.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £314.99.
Of the 62 from Selle San Marco, 7 were more expensive than Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle and 53 were cheaper.
How much are Selle San Marco Saddles?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Selle San Marco products that are listed in the Saddles category.
The average price of the 57 products that match this search was £94.48, with the cheapest coming in at £10.99 and highest price was £314.99. With the average being £94.48, Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle comes in above average.
7 products that meet this search were more expensive than Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle and 48 were cheaper.
Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Saddles category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle or another similar product, like Selle San Marco Shortfit Dynamic Saddle reviews or Selle San Marco Shortfit Racing Saddle reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Saddles.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Saddles. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Selle San Marco, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.1/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010932973
- Product ID 2: 701460UK
- Brand: Selle San Marco
- Model number: SMS277WW401
- RRP: £179.99
- EAN: 8009457129137
- Description: Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX SaddleBuilt for riders who like to position themselves closer to their bars, this Shortfit seat by Selle San Marco comes with DNA-carbon rails and a large central cavity to lower the weight and increase comfort and performance. Ergonomically-shaped to keep you poised and perched from start to finish, the smaller size works well without compromising on rear-end support or front-end pressure-distribution. Cushioned with Biofoam padding and enveloped with a Microfeel cover, this seat is an ideal training or racing throne. Features: Rail Material: DNA-Carbon Waist Cover Material: Microfeel Padding: Biofoam Rail Dimensions: 9.8x7mm Dimensions: 250x144mm Weight: 150g (approx) Technology: DNA CARBON: The crossing X shape knot (Dynamic Node Action) increases the rigidity of the rail, avoiding useless spin and torsion without compromising on comfort. Longer than traditional carbon rails on the market, it allows one of the best forward and backward adjustments around. Buy Selle San Marco Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Saddles
- Savings percentage from RRP: 25%
- Size: Wide – 144mm Wide
- Unisex
- 45
- Adult
Other options for Saddles
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Saddles. 596 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Selle San Marco Shortfit Carbon FX Saddle included,
Selle San Marco Aspide Full-Fit Dynamic Saddle reviews, Selle Italia Novus Super Flow Endurance Saddle reviews, or we really liked the look of Selle Italia SLR TM Superflow Saddle reviews as another alternative.