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Selle Anatomica crowdfunds new carbon fiber/titianium saddle project

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IMG_0443Selle Anatomica is crowdfunding development of it’s latest product innovation – a carbon framed, leafspring damped, carbon-topped, titanium-railed saddle.

Yet-to-be-named, the new s addle is projected to weigh less than 200 grams, saving more than 300 grams from it’s current leather saddle offerings.

Selle Anatomica collaborated with aerospace product development firms that make components for the highest level super-tech
entrepreneurs with the goal of creating the most comfortable bicycle saddle on the planet.

“The new saddle will feature a carbon-top designed from an industry-first comfort algorithm and our patented flex-fly slot” said Ryan Hosmer, Global Director of Retail Distribution. “It rests on a titanium rail system embedded into a carbon leaf-spring that provides unseen levels of road-bump absorption. Each side of the saddle flexes independently with every pedal stroke the rider makes, providing significantly less resistance than traditional saddles.”

IMG_0456MAXIMIZING SADDLE DEVELOPMENT

Prototypes of the new design have been 3D printed, 5-Axis CNC-Machined, and custom-carbon-molded.

UCSD’s composite engineering department is currently measuring the comfort properties of SA’s leather saddles, and the new carbon model will be tuned from the data of these tests to maximize the design and performance for the cycling end user.

While production models are not scheduled for delivery until January of 2016, you can be the first to get this amazing carbon saddle. Supporters of this project will get their saddles in time for Interbike (September 2015), and quite possibly much earlier.

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