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Rather than cutting out a section of the saddle shell, split rail saddles are built more like two completely individual saddles - one for the left side of your 'taint and one for the right side. Split rail designs don't have a cutout rather they are built essentially in two parts. In the past, Dan Empfield and I had a third category that we called split-rail saddles.

ISM acknowledges this implicitly with their line of PN - Performance Narrow - saddles.

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Pretty much gone are the days where you'd see zip ties pulling the prongs together. ISM's biggest push over the past several years has been to introduce narrower and narrower saddles. One of the biggest issues with noseless saddles is that they are typically relatively wide, often due to limitations of construction - needing to make the saddle structurally sound without the rails joining a single shell. A noseless saddle is designed so that you sit off the front of the saddle. Specialized's Sitero, as well as Fizik's Tritone and now Mistica, also fall into this category. But many people - especially those who mostly prefer traditional saddles - just can't seem to get the hang of riding these. Your weight is - if you can manage it - supported (almost) entirely on your sit bones. When riding these saddles, your most sensitive bits are literally floating in space. ISM is the standard bearer here, along with certain COBB saddles like the JOF55 (Just Off the Front) and Randee. Then we have the obviously noseless saddles. A traditional saddle is designed so that you sit on the saddle. The Cobb SHC, the Fizik Arione, and most Selle Italia saddles are all examples of traditional saddles. This what people who don't ride bikes expect to see on a bike. Traditional saddles look more like truly classic saddles - such as a Brooks Swallow they may have a cutout or they may not, but if they do, it's an auxiliary feature, not the defining feature. There are traditional saddles and noseless saddles. The lines of saddle demarcation have been blurred, but, basically, I think there are currently two types of saddles. And since tri bikes are, fundamentally, race bikes, that was a problem.īacking up a little bit, I think it's important to establish what exactly I mean when I talk about noseless saddles. I tried many, and they were fantastic for just cruising around. For easy riding, noseless saddles were a blessing. And, critically, this lack of support manifested itself notably in an inability to produce power at the top end. Regardless of any variance in design, I had the same issue with all noseless saddles - I felt like I was falling into space. At some level, I didn't believe I ever would. I had never found a noseless saddle that worked for me.