Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle Review

Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £39.99 – Save 56% (RRP: £89.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle Review


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Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle features

Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle specs

Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Saddles found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Size: S2 – 136mm Wide

Other Saddles found with this Spec: 2

Spec 3

Gender: Unisex

Other Saddles found with this Spec: 2527

Spec 4

Option: Manganese Rails

Other Saddles found with this Spec: 42

Feature 1

Cover: Breathable full grain Leather

Other Saddles found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Padding: Differentiated-thickness padding with gel inserts

Other Saddles found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Shell: Rylsan and Nylon N6

Other Saddles found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Rails: FEC Alloy, 7x7mm

Other Saddles found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Selle Italia idmatch: S2

Other Saddles found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

Dimensions: 276×136 (LxW)

Other Saddles found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

Weight: 344g

Other Saddles found with this feature: 2

Price

£39.99

Number of Reviews

23

Review Score

4.1 / 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 Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing 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 Italia 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 Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing 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 Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £39.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.5 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 £39.99.

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 485 cost more than Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle and 105 were cheaper.

Cost of Selle Italia products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 136 products from Selle Italia, of which 129 were in the Saddles category.

For now though we’re looking at Selle Italia branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £103.35 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Selle Italia product we found was £8.06 and the highest price we could find from them was £424.00.

Of the 136 from Selle Italia, 111 were more expensive than Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle and 20 were cheaper.

How much are Selle Italia Saddles?

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

The average price of the 129 products that match this search was £107.83, with the cheapest coming in at £8.99 and highest price was £424.00. With the average being £107.83, Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle comes in below average.

111 products that meet this search were more expensive than Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle and 14 were cheaper.


Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing 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 Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.8 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 Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle or another similar product, like Selle Italia SLR Superflow Racing Saddle reviews or Brooks England Cambium C15 All-Weather 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 Italia, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing 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 9.2/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010932271
  • Product ID 2: 621032UK
  • Brand: Selle Italia
  • Model number: SI491151
  • RRP: £89.99
  • EAN: 8030282491151
  • Description: Selle Italia C2 Gelflow Racing SaddleSelle Italia’s C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle has an advanced construction that offers a low weight and a high amount of comfort. Ideal for very long rides, it has a breathable cover, padding with differential thickness and pressure-relieving silicone gel inserts. The C2 Gelflow also has two small shock absorbers, which help vibrations and any sudden shocks to be dispersed.Features: ¬†Cover: Breathable full grain Leather ¬†Padding: Differentiated-thickness padding with gel inserts ¬†Shell: Rylsan and Nylon N6 ¬†Rails: FEC Alloy, 7x7mm ¬†Selle Italia idmatch: S2 ¬†Dimensions: 276×136 (LxW) ¬†Weight: 344gBuy¬†Selle Italia Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Saddles
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 56%
  • Size: S2 – 136mm Wide
  • Unisex
  • 50
  • 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 Italia C2 Gelflow Racing Saddle included,
Brooks England Cambium C17 All-Weather Saddle reviews, Brooks England Cambium C19 All-Weather Saddle reviews, or we really liked the look of Selle Italia Storica Saddle 2018 reviews as another alternative.

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