Saddle adjustment - Charge Spoon

[barongreenback]

I've recently bought a Charge Spoon, having had problems of agony in my scruttocks/gooch/perineum on longer rides. This new saddle is better and up to 25 miles I'm ok but after my first 50 miler the other day I was in agony for the last 10 miles. I've heard this is a saddle that is designed to be sat in rather than on IYKWIM so have I got it wrong in having the rails level rather than nose to tail? I've done over 100 miles in the saddle now so I'm hoping this is just a positioning issue rather than breaking it in. All advice hugely appreciated! Thanks.

 

[gaz]

It's best to start with the nose to tail level and then make some fine adjustments from their to get comfortable.

Did you get measured for the saddle? It might not be the right size for your bum.

 

[barongreenback]

I didn't get measured but my sit bones appear to be perfectly matched to the saddle. I am larger than the average bear so my weight may be a factor.

 

[fossyant]

I didn't get measured but my sit bones appear to be perfectly matched to the saddle. I am larger than the average bear so my weight may be a factor.

The saddle flares at the rear, so have most of the top level.

 

[fossyant]

I didn't get measured but my sit bones appear to be perfectly matched to the saddle. I am larger than the average bear so my weight may be a factor.

The saddle flares at the rear, so have most of the top level.

 

[Norm]

It's best to start with the nose to tail level ...

This doesn't work with the Spoon, as there is a droop at the nose and a kick at the tail and many sales-type images, like the one below, have it sloping upwards towards the nose...

The rails in the above image are not level and the saddle itself is nose-high.

When they are set up with the rails and the mid-section flat, they look like they are pointing downwards towards the nose...

 

[barongreenback]

So which of those two setups is generally accepted to be correct? With therails level I do feel like I'm sliding forward a little.

 

[cyberknight]

When i had a spoon i used a spirit level resting on the nose and the back resting in the dip at the back rather than sitting on the higher flared bit at the back.

I set it level from there and micro adjusted till it was comfy, a fraction up ( maybe 1/2 the bubble over the center lines ) worked for me. So more like the 1st picture.

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[gaz]

This doesn't work with the Spoon, as there is a droop at the nose and a kick at the tail and many sales-type images, like the one below, have it sloping upwards towards the nose...

The rails in the above image are not level and the saddle itself is nose-high.

When they are set up with the rails and the mid-section flat, they look like they are pointing downwards towards the nose...

Good point about it flaring up.

I would start from image one then work it down till it's comfortable, you don't want to be sliding off the end of it

 

[slowmotion]

I just stuck a board on top of the saddle and placed a spirit level on top so that it read level. I have no idea where this put the rails. It worked for me.

 

[mattsccm]

Surely when a saddle is level we are talking about the top not the rails aren't we?

Norm suggests that level is using the rails. Dunno about that.

 

[buddha]

Is this your 'first' 50 mile ride - ever? Or just with the Spoon?
If 'ever', then it could just be that you're not used to doing 50 mile rides. You fatigue towards the end of the ride, so you push a lower gear with more of your weight (than usual) on the saddle. The solution, as you probably know, is to ride more.

 

[Norm]

Surely when a saddle is level we are talking about the top not the rails aren't we?

Norm suggests that level is using the rails. Dunno about that.

Not quite, I said it looked nose-down when the rails and mid-section was flat.

I wasn't really saying anything much other than it's not that easy to say that you have the "top level" or "nose to tail level" with a Spoon.

I kinda set mine by eye but from the starting point of not moving anything from the way the previous rails were clamped, and it's been fine for up to about 5 hours in the saddle.