Bicycle saddles of different dimension betraying a strange look "Infinity Seat" Test drive review

Based on ergonomics, a saddle that has been proved to be scientifically comfortable fitting to any ass is "Infinity Seat"is. Cloud funding siteI was recruiting funds with KickstarterInfinity Seat, but after a long period of about one year since the end of the campaign, the actual product arrived at the editorial department, so I decided to try what ride is comfortable.

Infinity Seat
http://www.infinitybikeseat.com/

Infinity Seat actually arrived. It is almost like a skeleton structure, the form is a distinct from the usual type is a distinctive saddle.


I put it on a rotating table and made it a circle, it looked like this. You can see that it has a complicated shape made three-dimensionally.

'Infinity Seat' 360 degree appearance review - YouTube


Even when seen from above it is quite unusual shape. In the usual saddle, the part where the cushion pad is spreading is opening the mouth wide.


Things like a nipple and a pedestal are extending from the back of the center of the seat toward the front, and this part is designed to have the recessed part of the buttocks including the sacrum.


At the base of the pedestal, there was a dent which was provided so that the sacrum did not hit the seat directly.


I turned the saddle over. Looking at this angle, the state that it is made only by the framework is transmitted well.


I compared it with a saddle for a general road bike. Compared to "Fijik Pave CX Sport" which is very popular for road bike, it is clear that Infinity Seat spreads to the left and right.


Compared to Pave CX Sport which has a flat upper saddle, the seating surface of Infinity Seat is intense. The shape that the rear end jumps up seems to be creating a unique feeling of wrapping feeling.


Compared to general saddle, you can see that it is designed with a completely different concept.


Infinity Seat is impressive wing part spreading to the left and right.


Weight is 222 grams, finished to a level which can be said to be sufficiently lightweight.


One Pave CX Sport is 300 grams, the difference is 78 grams. It is quite a big number in the world of road bikes that sometimes spend lots of money to make it just a few grams lighter.


Wear it on the road bike and test drive it.


Remove attached Pave CX Sport ... ...


Infinity Seat installed. It is a mysterious sight that the central part of the seat opens its mouth.


One idea as to where to base the reference for leveling the seat. For the time being, I decided to check the level by applying a ruler to the front bulging part and the dent part of the rear end.


Infinity Seat with horizontal alignment looks like this. From the looks it seems better to go down a little more, but when you actually ride it was about the best fitting angle.


By the way, this is a typical sight. The difference between them is obvious.


Looks like a lightweight look.


Saddle, which looks at the sky when looking up from the bottom, it is not something you can see.


I thought that 'Well, ride' and look at the saddle, the feeling of uneasiness coming up. Whether literally the waist could be drawn literally "May I leave my weight here? ...", but as a result I was worried.


When I sat down on the saddle, I raised a voice without thinking "Wow!" To the comfort that I had never felt before. As if sitting on a sofa that was made to order, it is a bit exaggerated, but the surface of the ergonomically rounded saddle fits soft from the back of the buttocks to the perineum in the inner side of the crotch and weighs The level of comfort that splendidly disperses is a level which I have never felt before. Of course the weight of my body certainly felt in the butt, if you explain the difference with a general saddle by image, Infinity Seat is the saddle of the conventional type which supported the weight by "point" It feels like supporting weight with "line" or "face" dispersed. The aim of pursuing comfort with a scientific method was able to be felt sufficiently from its comfortable feeling.


First of all, I run for a while on a flat road. I feel strongly the unique "feeling of comfort", but I was able to run as usual without causing any problems for pedaling. At first, I feel the rigidity of the material, but this level is sufficient to handle within the range of familiarity. The comfort during the ride was almost no problem and I felt the finished feeling to a considerable level.


However, it was also a fact that I felt a certain sense of incompatibility, I felt "rubbing feeling" that is not found in the general saddle at the part where the thigh and saddle hit when lifting and lowering the foot. The part indicated by the dotted line in the following picture corresponds to that part. Even a normal saddle will always have a part in contact with the feet, but in Infinity Seat the part is sharp, so it seems that you felt the sense of friction that you did not feel unnecessarily.


Moreover, I feel inconvenienced in the position when climbing a slope.


When climbing uphill while sitting on the seat, it is said that "sitting on the back" that gives a stronger force by shifting the hips behind the seat is said to be the most common, but this is extremely difficult for Infinity Seat . If you pull the waist backwards, the whole body will be lifted and your legs will be in a state of extended so that pedaling will be hindered. Although it may be possible to avoid it to some extent with the setting of the angle of the saddle, this is one of the challenges that can not be avoided structurally.


In addition, when we are going to speed up on a flat ground or when pedaling with a forward-looking attitude like a triathlon player, we take the position of "front ride" to shift the waist forward of the saddle, but the front of the saddle is getting excited Infinity Seat But this position is also unsuitable. I felt a strong pain in the perineum, I could not keep on getting satisfied.


I tried to climb the slope with "dancing" which shakes the car body to the left and right by standing at how much light weight is used, but with this class of bicycle it was not possible to feel a difference so much because there is originally a car weight . This is definitely a place I'd like to try with a body called a lightweight class.


In the impression that Infinity Seat wearing and traveled about 50 km, although there are some points to worry about, as long as you run a flat area, as long as you run a part of the flat area you can see saddles that combine comfort and ease of rowing I can say that. As mentioned above, there are some feelings such as rubbing feeling, but I felt that I had enough potential to be considered a revolutionary saddle. Actually, after the campaign in Kickstarter was finished, there were various problems before actual productization, there were problems peculiar to cloud funding, such as specification change and planned model abolished suddenly Infinity Although it is Seat, it was a finish that seemed to expect in spite of the appearance of the second bullet following this.


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I tried installing the Infinity Seat on the bicycle which is the foot of the editorial department because "It can be used for town riding if asking for ergonomic comfort". Odd car body that only the saddle part is giving off a lashy atmosphere.


Actually getting on, this is surprisingly comfortable. Of course, I feel stiff compared to a regular seat with thick cushions, but I feel that the comfort that the butt fits within the spot is perfect for the city ride as well. Rather, it was a level that seems to be even more likely to be for city bikers and maamari, who do not have the problems of front riding and back riding.


Always asking for an impression from an editorial member who rides on a regular bicycle, "I can row without difficulty while sitting, whether there is no waste in the shape of the saddle" "Because it fits tightly to the buttocks The impression that stability is good for preeminence is returned. Meanwhile, "Because it has little cushioning property, it may be a little hard to sit for a long time" "The staff of the saddle sticks out and I am afraid of stabbing in the buttocks." The answer is also returning.