Is it wrong?

[cosmicbike]

To put a road bike saddle on my mountain bike? The stock saddle on my not much ridden Boardman 2011 mtb sport is not comfy, so I was going to put a Charge Spoon on it...

 

[ScotiaLass]

Go with what is comfortable for you!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Think about it more as putting a mountain bike onto a road saddle.

 

[derrick]

Got one on mine, a saddle is a saddle on any bike, if it's more comfortable then use it.

 

[welsh dragon]

Its your bike. You can put whatever you want on it.

 

[screenman]

I think it would be wrong if you put a kitchen sink on it, a saddle is a saddle I have never thought of them as bike specific.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I wouldn't worry about it - your backside needs to be comfortable.

I will say that I did put a road bike saddle on my touring bike which has a mtb style to it being an off-road touring bike/expedition bike and what was comfortable on my road bike was murder on my expedition bike. I could manage +100km ride on the road bike (and tomorrow attempt a 100 mile ride with the same saddle) and could not manage 45 mins in the saddle when it was on my expedition bike. It is now safely back on my road bike and I am still looking for something for the expedition bike... my mtb saddle could be finding itself a new home on Tuesday when I go off on tour!

 

[TissoT]

If the cap fits wear it......

 

[Cubist]

I have spoons on all three bikes, road, MTB and MTB. The MTB fans think of a Spoon as a MTB rather than a road saddle

 

[Crackle]

I think it was originally aimed at mtn bikers. I've got one on my road and mtn bike.

 

[roadrash]

^^^^^^^ wot they sed^^^^^^^^

 

[cosmicbike]

I have spoons on all three bikes, road, MTB and MTB. The MTB fans think of a Spoon as a MTB rather than a road saddle

So I have an mtb saddle on my road bike, oh the shame of it

 

[smokeysmoo]

No it doesn't matter one jot, but you can't see it when your sat on it anyway so fill your boots.

 

[I like Skol]

I was about to add, I wasn't aware the Spoon was a road bike saddle but see this has already been covered. I have a brown spoon on my MTB and my hybrid and both look perfectly at home and are very comfy.

 

[hotmetal]

I'd never really thought of a saddle as being specific to one kind of bike over another. It's an AR5£-frame interface (tm) and I suspect that MTBers' botties are similar to road botties, though opinions might be split! (I own both kinds of bike and I'm sure my bum can't tell which bike it's on without the aid of my eyes). Although on the mountain bike I don't seem to spend that much time actually in the saddle, and I usually find that saddles seem to be uncomfortable or comfortable more as a function of how often you subject your butt to them than differences in design. By which I mean I just sit on it and accept it – not that I am trying to say there aren't useful differences. I haven't ridden more than 50 miles in one go for a while though, so for people that ride double that distance I could imagine them trying out quite a few until they find one that suits.

Then again, I have one pair of bike shoes and I have Crank Bros Candy pedals on all my bikes for minimum hassle. I have received some mild stick from the more image-conscious of roadies that I ride with, but I just say that it saves me buying another pair of shoes, and I don't have to walk like an incubating penguin when we stop at the cafe! ;-)