Ergon SMD2 Saddle Reviews

Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated December, 2024

Latest Price: £38.49 – Save 30% (RRP: £54.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Ergon SMD2 Saddle worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Ergon
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Ergon SMD2 Saddle features

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 Ergon SMD2 Saddle.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Ergon SMD2 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 Ergon 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.

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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 Ergon SMD2 Saddle

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Ergon SMD2 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 Ergon SMD2 Saddle was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £38.49 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.3 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 below average at £38.49.

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 494 cost more than Ergon SMD2 Saddle and 101 were cheaper.

Cost of Ergon products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 42 products from Ergon, of which 22 were in the Saddles category.

For now though we’re looking at Ergon branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £54.97 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Ergon product we found was £4.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £159.99.

Of the 42 from Ergon, 25 were more expensive than Ergon SMD2 Saddle and 16 were cheaper.

How much are Ergon Saddles?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Ergon products that are listed in the Saddles category.

The average price of the 22 products that match this search was £76.57, with the cheapest coming in at £38.49 and highest price was £159.99. With the average being £76.57, Ergon SMD2 Saddle comes in below average.

21 products that meet this search were more expensive than Ergon SMD2 Saddle and 0 were cheaper.

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Ergon SMD2 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 Ergon SMD2 Saddle reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Ergon SMD2 Saddle, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.4 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 Ergon SMD2 Saddle or another similar product, like Selle Italia SLR C59 Saddle reviews or Selle Italia SLR X-Cross Flow 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.

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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 Ergon, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Ergon SMD2 Saddle

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Ergon SMD2 Saddle reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Ergon SMD2 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 8.8/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010932127
• Product ID 2: 594846UK
• Brand: Ergon
• Model number: EG-44080030
• RRP: £54.99
• EAN: 4260477064349
• Description: Ergon SMD2 SaddleThe Ergon SMD2 Saddle was designed, tailored and perfected as a result of an intensive development period with the help of professional downhill riders who were aiming for the ultimate saddle feel. This saddle is advantageous for riders who seek additional control when riding rocks, roots, ruts and hitting large jumps at speed; making it perfect for racing.Ergonomically Shaped Freedom of MovementThe entire saddle and its profiled design follows an ergonomically shaped, tilted saddle orientation that offers the rider complete freedom of movement over and around the bike. Being able to control the bike with the inner leg is very important when riding at speeds over rough terrain and the padding around this saddles key contact areas is the marvel of its design.Clearance at the RearClearance at the rear of the saddle allows for undisrupted tyre clearance and suspension travel. This clearance is also a convenience to the rider when negotiating steep technical descents as it will not restrict movement when adjusting your centre of gravity over and around the rear wheel.Features:Material: Microfibre (outer), Nylon composite (shell)Padding: 360¬∞ Edge paddingRail: CrMoUse: MTB, Gravity, Downhill, FreerideWeight: 220gTechnologies:Downhill Saddle Positioning: The saddle is set very low and with the nose slightly upwards for the downhill riding position. This allows for more freedom of movement and control in technical terrain; especially noticeable when hitting jumps. The SMD2 is not suitable for level saddle settings.One Size Fits All: The saddle is rarely used for sitting in downhill. This saddle however serves in the handling of the bike for seated pedalling, as well as in the air. The SMD2 was developed precisely to meet these needs, which directly results in no need for different saddle widths.Buy Ergon Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Saddles
• Savings percentage from RRP: 30%
• Size: 130mm Wide
• Unisex
• 16.5
• Adult

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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 Ergon SMD2 Saddle included,
Selle Italia Flite Superflow Saddle reviews, ISM PN3.0 Saddle reviews, or we really liked the look of PROLOGO Scratch X8 Tirox Saddle reviews as another alternative.