Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle Reviews
Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated October, 2024
Latest Price: £89.99 – Save 53% (RRP: £190.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.
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Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle features
Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black-Yellow Other Saddles found with this Spec: 18 |
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Spec 2
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Size: L3 – 145mm Wide, S3 – 130mm 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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Feature 1
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Cover: Fibra-Tek Other Saddles found with this feature: 11 |
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Feature 2
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Rail: TI 316 Alloy Tube Other Saddles found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 3
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Finish: Tour De France Other Saddles found with this feature: 3 |
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Feature 4
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Use: Road Other Saddles found with this feature: 313 |
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Feature 5
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Rail Dimensions: 7mm Other Saddles found with this feature: 70 |
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Feature 6
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Length: Small: 130x248mm; Large: 145x248mm Other Saddles found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Weight: Small: 242g; Large: 245g (approx) Other Saddles found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£89.99 |
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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 SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF 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 SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF 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 SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £89.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.9 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 £89.99.
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 244 cost more than Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle and 337 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, 60 were more expensive than Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle and 70 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 SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle comes in below average.
60 products that meet this search were more expensive than Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle and 63 were cheaper.
Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF 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 SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF 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 Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle or another similar product, like Selle Italia T 3 Flow Saddle reviews or Selle Italia SP-01 Boost TM Superflow TDF 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 SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF 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 9.3/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 26004798171
- Product ID 2: 787292UK
- Brand: Selle Italia
- Model number: 041P920IKC001
- RRP: £190.99
- EAN: 8030282506015
- Description: Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow TDF SaddleWhether you’re competing in an event or riding with your local club, this racing saddle is engineered for top performance. It features a hard-wearing Fibra-Tek cover construction, which makes it more capable of handling all the intensity that comes with road racing. Selle Italia has also equipped this racing model with robust alloy rails, which means that you’ll benefit from its incredible strength on the roughest of rides. The most iconic saddle of Selle Italia, the SLR, which for years has been the reference point in terms of style, performance, comfort and lightness and which has supported great champions such as Alberto Contador and Alessandro Ballan, is renewed in an evolution capable of overcoming the most advanced frontiers in terms of lightness and performance. Created with the aim of consolidating its purebred racing myth with the SLR Boost, Selle Italia further reduces the length and weight of a product that has made its history. An extraordinary unicum.With this in mind, the new SLR Boost is the lightest short saddle currently on the market and, with a compact and attractive line, reinforces the image of a model that represents the top in terms of technology and performance.A refined aesthetic, which combines with unparalleled comfort, thanks to its compact structure, the slight rise on the back and the micro-perforated cover that help to easily find and maintain the ideal sitting position, ensuring proper support of the ischial bones and preventing any problems from crushing.As if that were not enough, the SLR Boost has a redesigned tip that allows you to further increase the comfort in the thrust phase and to take full advantage of the features of the saddle. Moreover, the adjustments become easier, thanks to a glossy black line applied to the lower part of the body that indicates the position of the BRP (Biomechanical Reference Point), the point where the saddle reaches the width of 70 mm and from which to measure the parameters useful for the right positioning.Features: Cover: Fibra-Tek Rail: TI 316 Alloy Tube Finish: Tour De France Use: Road Rail Dimensions: 7mm Length: Small: 130x248mm; Large: 145x248mm Weight: Small: 242g; Large: 245g (approx)Technologies: INNOVATIVE LINE: The SLR Boost presents an innovative line that, thanks to the slight rise on the back and the micro-perforated cover, allows the cyclist to benefit from greater comfort and better seating. BIOMECHANICAL REFERENCE POINT: SLR Boost features a glossy black line applied to the lower part of the bodywork which indicates the position of the BRP (Biomechanical Reference Point). The BRP is the point where the seat’s width is 70 mm and from which we measure the useful parameters for the right positioning. NEW TIP SHAPE AND VISIBLE SHELL: The SLR Boost has an even more accentuated front exhaust that allows you to further increase the comfort during the thrust and to make the most of the characteristics of the saddle.Buy Selle Italia Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Saddles
- Savings percentage from RRP: 53%
- Size: L3 – 145mm Wide
- Unisex
- 101
- 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 SLR Boost Superflow TDF Saddle included,
Selle Italia ST 3 SuperFlow Saddle reviews, Selle Italia SP-01 Boost Superflow TDF Saddle reviews, or we really liked the look of Selle Italia T 2 Flow Saddle reviews as another alternative.