Selle Italia Flite 1990 love or hate?

[jadmt]

I had an original flite that I used to love 30+ years ago. I wonder if it is worth looking at the re-issued one. I am much fatter now but do primarily 60-100 mile rides at 18-20mph. Any heavier guys using them? sit bones are 130-133 range kind of hard to measure but that is what I get using the cardboard technique.

[benb]

I loved those too. I expect it will work fine for you, I have tried them again and they aren't bad.

But for me at least they do really feel like lots of soft tissue pressure compared to modern saddles.

The newer design Flites do not work for me, they changed the curvature of the area your sit bones rest on dramatically and they're more like chunkier SLRs IMO.

Selle SMP has a lot of models that fit your sitbones like the Flite but eliminate soft tissue pressure IMO.

[mhespenheide]

I'm about 200# and have flites on almost all of my bikes. For me, they're good up to about 3 hours, and that's about the longest I go these days anyway.

[Fat Cat]

I put an old Flite Ti on the weight weenie just cos. It's actually pretty OK!

[jadmt]

Originally Posted by benb

I loved those too. I expect it will work fine for you, I have tried them again and they aren't bad.

But for me at least they do really feel like lots of soft tissue pressure compared to modern saddles.

The newer design Flites do not work for me, they changed the curvature of the area your sit bones rest on dramatically and they're more like chunkier SLRs IMO.

Selle SMP has a lot of models that fit your sitbones like the Flite but eliminate soft tissue pressure IMO.

I am too poor for a Selle smp...

[fogrider]

I'm still using mine. I got a white perforated one in the 1990s. the perforated finish started to fall apart but I had it re-covered and I'm still using it.