Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle Reviews

Review score: 8.3/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £74.99 (RRP: £74.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle worthy of a review score of 8.3 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
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• Reviews
• Brand – Fizik
• Videos
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Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 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 Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 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 Fizik 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 Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 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 Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £74.99 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 £74.99.

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 316 cost more than Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle and 276 were cheaper.

Cost of Fizik products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 90 products from Fizik, of which 46 were in the Saddles category.

For now though we’re looking at Fizik branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £120.92 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Fizik product we found was £3.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £324.99.

Of the 90 from Fizik, 65 were more expensive than Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle and 23 were cheaper.

How much are Fizik Saddles?

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

The average price of the 46 products that match this search was £119.61, with the cheapest coming in at £27.99 and highest price was £279.99. With the average being £119.61, Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle comes in below average.

39 products that meet this search were more expensive than Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle and 5 were cheaper.

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Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 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 Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.2 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 Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle or another similar product, like Fizik Vento R1 Saddle with Carbon Rails reviews or Fizik Tempo R1 Saddle with Carbon Rails 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 Fizik, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 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 8.3/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 26625766537
• Product ID 2: 795130UK
• Brand: Fizik
• Model number: F205URNA03A02
• RRP: £74.99
• EAN: 6957312802188
• Description: Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 SaddleIdeal for downhill riding, this saddle with alloy rails is durable, padded and developed in partnership with the Santa Cruz Syndicate World Cup race team. This Gravita version of the Alpaca saddle is the result of close collaboration with team Santa Cruz Syndicate’s riders and mechanics. It’s World Cup proven features perfectly complement gravity-oriented bikes, from long-travel enduro to downhill racing.You might not spend much time sitting on your saddle when riding fast down mountains, but the right set-up is still vital if you love fast, rowdy riding but want to stay in full control.Gravita Alpaca’s rounded contours allow smooth, fast movements of the inner legs as you guide your bike down the hill. Flexible edges along with the wings and rear end protect your inner legs from bruising, however rough the ride. And less bulk and a shorter length allow for more suspension travel.However much you enjoy the descents, you’ll still need to pedal to reach the top of the mountain. Gravita Alpaca’s flat surface allows continuous changes of position from fore to aft. And the nose is wide and flat, so as you shimmy forward to maintain traction when tackling steep climbs, you have a solid platform to push against.Rugged conditions and aggressive riding require solid solutions, that’s why all Alpaca saddles feature Mobius, our proprietary closed-loop rail design, for added strength and weight distribution, making snapped saddle rails on heavy landings a thing of the past.Features:Dimensions: 251x130mmHeight at 75mm width: 40mmLength from nose to 75mm width: 130mmRail: 7x7mm AlloyWeight: 216gTechnologies:Alpaca: A smooth-edged shape that combines support and riding control for dropper post-useX5: A combination of a ride-compliant carbon-reinforced nylon shell and an S-Alloy railMobius Rail: A closed-loop design for added strength and weight distribution co-injected elastic wing panels that flex upon impactBuy Fizik Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Saddles
• Size: 130mm Wide
• Unisex
• 0
• 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 Fizik Gravita Alpaca X5 Saddle included,
Fizik Aliante Gamma K:IUM Saddle reviews, Fizik Arione K:ium Saddle reviews, or we really liked the look of Fizik Cyrano R3 Seatpost reviews as another alternative.