ISM Adamo Saddle

great saddle ! I have the Road model on my TT bike.

I started with the Adamo Race and it was too hard on my butt, so went with the Road (more padding) and love it.

I did Ironman on it, so it's good enough for any race for me.

They have a instructional on the Adamo website on adjusting the saddle for best comfort.

used the Adamo Road all last year and it was great!

since I can never leave good enough alone....

just bought the Adamo Prologue (a little thinner and a bit squishier) and absolutely love it. Just seems to fit my 'sit bone area' better.

Make sure you go to their site and watch the video.  I love mine but it took some getting used to.

enjoy,

Duane

Same here!  I just got back from my first 26 mile road test with a Prologue on my Slice 5.  Felt really good just like the Adamo Road.  =)

Love my centuty X loged 5000 mi. on mine last year and looks like new.   Some of the other models have a wear issue on the nose. The Century and the Typhon didn't.  Unfortunatly, I think they just stoped making both. 

One mistake I made when mounting mine.  Make sure you make the rails level or a slight down tilt to start.  Don't level it from the top of the seat.

A few comments:  First, yes it takes a while to get used to.  This is true of all saddles, IME.

Second, I'm not sure that 'comfort' is the right way to describe the feeling you get when it is working.  I would describe it more as the feeling that one can hold the position for the desired time without it compromising performance.

Third, I have two somewhat different positions that I adopt on the saddle.  For easy pedaling I sit a bit further back on the saddle, so my sit bones are a biut more on the wider part of the saddle.  For hard pedaling I move up a bit and my sit bones are on the prongs.    That's definitely a more 'intense' position, but I can hold it without sacrificing performance for 40K.  I think it could make sense to start off by sitting further back on the saddle, then move forward as you get used to it.  In any case, the absolute key (for me, YMMV) is to be sure that the primary weight bearing points are my sit bones.

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Thanks! I'll keep trying. I'm fairly far forward on the saddle as that is how the fitter set me up. If I go further back my pedaling becomes rather more labored.

When I say that it's not comfortable, I mean that the prongs digging into me can become unbearable. I did get more acclimated, such that I was able to complete an HIM bike leg on it last summer. But it was always the case that after I had been riding for a while I dreaded bumps in the road, as they were painful if I rode over them without standing up.