First impressions are forever.
Selle An-Atomica products are the result of a concentrated research & development effort over more than four years to first answer one very important question, then to use those findings to develop products that perform: What are the fundamental issues within the pelvic region anatomy of women and men that make saddle comfort so universally challenging?
A Phoenix area road racer summed his first weekend racing on his Titanico LD Watershed saddle thus; “I thought I was riding on a pillow.” A female RAAM winner says; “I didn't even have one mile that was uncomfortable riding from San Diego to Atlantic City. I didn’t remember I was on a new saddle until the Crew Chief asked me if I needed a saddle tension adjustment somewhere in Pennsylvania! The RAAM adventure / miles were more comfortable than I have ever experienced during any 100 mile ride around town on any other saddle brand.”
Kris and I just returned from another cross country trip on Selle An-Atomica. We went 3,100+ miles and had no problems with our backsides. It was the most comfortable saddle we have ever used during decades of ultra cycling. R & KL, Sacramento, CA
The pain and discomfort of the saddle that came with my brand
new Giant 0CR 3 [Fi'zi:k Vitesse] nearly caused me quit
riding. Your saddle is excellent and from the very first ride it was totally
great. It has also been a great point of interest to other more experienced
riders I have come into contact with.
Thank you so much. Kind Regards.
PR, Tasmania, Australia
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NEW 1 minute of August 2006 Saddle Road Test film standard production Wisconsin Made Titanico LD Watershed, and Robusto LD, Settebello LD prototypes. 10 MB file size.
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More saddle road test film clips here.
THE new saddle GOLD Standard.
2007 Paris Brest Paris proven.
Comfort at any distance, at any speed.
Saddles Handmade in America.
US Patent 7,341,308 App #60/564,880 International App #PCT/US2005/014332
The No. 1 consumer complaint in a 2005 nationwide (USA)
survey is uncomfortable hard saddles. 57% surveyed want better
saddles. 79% say they will ride more often if their #1 complaint is resolved.
Selle An-Atomica has a return rate of LESS THAN 1%.
Retailers and riders will love your bicycles and you for installing Selle An-Atomica. First impressions are forever.
2006 Sales Averages:
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Saddles
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Titanico LD Second Skin Watershed Chameleon model approximately 85%
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Titanico LD Traditional Saddle Leather model approximately 15%
Colors:
Black >50%, Red approximately 15%, Mahogany <15%, Golden >10%, Brown approximately 10%
All saddles ship with our Saddle & Handlebar Adjustment Procedures, Quality Assurance Inspection Card, and Product Registration card pictured.
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Watershed Leather Handlebar Tape Sets sell approximately 2:10 to saddles. Made only from our Second Skin Watershed leather. Includes illustrated installation instructions.
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See our Consumer Testimonials.
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Second Skin Watershed™ leather water repellence tests - A product unlike any other. It mimics pelvic basin tissues unlike any other saddle material.
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Outfit your brand with the only saddle that has enjoyed complete consumer satisfaction during the introductory year.
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Selle An-Atomica completed the first year in limited release October 2005. An estimated 800,000 - 1,200,000 miles were ridden by consumers with nearly 100% reporting comfort and satisfaction, which included compliments about our proprietary installation adjustment procedures, FREE with each saddle.
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Don’t sell your brand short.
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85.7 million American’s over 16 on bikes in 2004.
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79.1 million Paved Road
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51.1 million Mountain Biking
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40 million Wide Dirt Road
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39.5 million Single Track
Source: BRAIN & Outdoor Industry Assoc. Outdoor Rec. Study 7th Ed.
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There is a Selle An-Atomica model suitable to every rider and every type of bike.
We supply standard cataloged saddles and we quote special models. Some of the options are:
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Limited Edition Ostrich hide saddles, all colors in the rainbow.
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1,500 saddle minimum and we offer:
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Private label brand embossing.
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Special colors.
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Printed color patterns of any description such as your design, national or team colors, camouflage. 1,500 saddle minimum.
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Special tooling on the leather surface.
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If you or your customers are happy Brooks saddle users, you'll be pleasantly surprised at the immediate improvements any of our models offer. Nearly every Brooks user who has purchased their first Selle An-Atomica model has since purchased additional saddles for other bikes, for family, and friends. In a few cases, friends have "borrowed" our customers new saddle and politely refused to return it due to improved comfort! Consumer Testimonials.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Look at the following film clips edited from hours of road test evaluation film.
Selle An-Atomica designs move with each pedal stroke to provide Flex-Fly™ Support while our Patent 7,341,308 slot shapes relieve unwanted pressure for delicate pelvic floor anatomy. This is the only saddle in the marketplace that provides essential anatomic relief and additional surface area support with each pedal stroke to provide Comfort You Can Count On™.-
NEW 1 minute of August 2006 Test film short standard production Wisconsin Made Titanico LD Watershed, and Robusto LD, Settebello LD prototypes. 10 MB file size.
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NEW 8 minutes of August 2006 Test film standard production Wisconsin Made Titanico LD Watershed, and Robusto LD, Settebello LD prototypes. 44 MB file size.
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Settebello August 13, 2004 clip, 4.45 MB file size.
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Titanico March 12, 2004, 6.05 MB file size.
Comfort and performance on the bike begins with a saddle that will work with your pelvic region anatomy. You may choose to start with a professional bike fitting at a local shop. Be sure the technician is well trained, experienced, and most importantly, a person with high degree of objectivity. Take that information and work with the saddle and handlebar positions while you ride during ensuing months until you achieve comfortable ergonomics. A fitting is only a good starting point.
Establish achievable goals for your riding. A 15-20 minute routine of simple stretching and strengthening floor exercises is important before riding and on days you don't ride. The riding will exercise and improve your cardio pulmonary and leg strength. Learn to use your diaphragm for breathing. Heart and lung capacity is your engine. Long hills, steep hills, head winds, and sustained higher speeds will provide excellent cardio pulmonary workout. Your heart is a muscle and needs to be worked at its upper limits to increase strength and capacity just like your legs.
Be sure your bike and your body are prepared for any ride before you start. Having established a riding goal do everything you can during a challenging course to achieve your goal even if that means walking through the tough bits to finish a challenging distance. Anyone can walk up a steep hill at the same speed the average rider can pedal a bike through the steepest bits. Your mental, psychological strength is as important to achieving any goals as physical training and strength. If for example there is a challenging hill you can't seem to climb, keep working on that hill going farther each time to attack it until you finally make it over the top. This is outstanding cardio pulmonary and leg strength training, and psychological training too. Once you've climbed that mountain new worlds await!
Be patient, keep riding to your limits and those limits will open up new worlds.
Selle An-Atomica Models:
We state widths as a range due to the unique conforming nature of our suspended leather design.
Titanico is our widest at 145-155mm, offering the largest seat surface area to support you.
Robusto is medium wide at 135-145mm.
Settebello is our narrow model at 125-135mm.
A suspended leather design is ideally suited to supporting your weight and moving with pelvic basin region while cycling. Leather is the only material that can be held in suspension and provide maximized ergonomic surface support area with essential anatomic relief features. Selle An-Atomica™ has taken these properties one step further by developing Second Skin Watershed™ leather; a supple, natural maintenance free material.
Saddle width choice may become more important as your daily mileage increases. Tell us your height, weight, skeletal structure (thin, average, or thick bones), and riding habits if you need help with saddle width.
All models are excellent choices suitable to any type of bike or rider; weekend warriors, road racing, brevet, double century, mountain bikes, cruiser bikes, etc.
Slot shapes - LD, ED-S & ED Patent 7,341,308.
Leather - We offer high quality molded leather products;
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Second Skin Watershed™ leather, a unique proprietary product.
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Traditional saddle leather.
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Ostrich hide in any of three unique, naturally occurring patterns; Quill, Striated, & Reptilian.
Leather laminate under layer - If rider weight is close to or above 180 lbs / 82 kg we make a Clydesdale laminate at no added cost. The Traditional Saddle Leather model is available with or without our Patent 7,341,308 laminates. The non laminated model is an excellent choice for lightweight riders <125lbs / 55kg and folks who only ride once or twice a month, never in foul weather.
All our saddles are suitable for road, mountain, and cruiser bikes.
SADDLE WIDTH: Wider is NOT better. Saddle width is frankly the most important aspect of choosing a saddle to fit the rider. The rider's height, weight and skeletal structure is not necessarily a predetermination. The widest weight bearing region across the rear of a saddle is the most important dimension where riding comfort is concerned, assuming the saddle in question is a well engineered and constructed of the finest, most suitable materials. Measure a saddle you've been most comfortable on. That would be a saddle that is not too narrow, one that didn't cause you to squirm because your sit bones ached after 5 to 50 miles of riding, or a saddle that is not too wide, which can lead to hamstring tendon attachment insult injuries.
- Dr. Underhill has discovered that many cyclists live with chronic deep tissue injuries, what she also calls insult injures. This particular injury seems to be an unknown or certainly overlooked aspect of cycling, saddles, and medicine. For all of us who ride regularly and suffer ill fitting saddles, saddles made of less that perfect materials, saddles not well fit to the bike, these aches and pains we put up with in our nether regions do in fact become chronic injuries that need to be treated. In this case one wants to sit on an ice pack or freezer gel pack every time after a ride, and once or twice day in general to calm and ultimately heal the inflammation injuries. We stumbled onto this a couple years ago in another context wherein I rode a primary saddle for an entire year that is too wide from me in the end. This developed a nice hematoma at the hamstring tendon attachment. This attachment point is coincidentally right on the edge of the ischial tuberosity where serious aggravation takes place if riding a saddle that is too wide. After many weeks of two to three time a day freezer gel pack treatments that injury seemed to be cured. About one year later, three months ago, I was compelled to make a coupe 30 miles tests of that same width saddle. The old, supposedly treated injury flared up during the second ride. No more of that saddle width for me please. Once Dr. Underhill observed these events in my body, she has found that nearly every cyclist she has treated has this type of injury. It is only a matter of degrees. Piriformis muscles also tend to be in a constant state of spasm on cyclists, which aggravates various undercarriage issues. We developed a muscle energy technique to address this condition. I do that technique as part of a specific stretching and strengthening routine prior to getting on the bike. I don’t ride without it!
- piriformis: a muscle that arises from the front of the sacrum, passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, is inserted into the upper border of the greater trochanter of the femur, and rotates the thigh laterally [piriformis illustration] Courtesy MedLine Plus® Merriman Webster online.
It is possible you need help fitting yourself to your bike, especially if you are uncomfortable on your current saddle and if you suffer from genital numbness, saddle sores or abrasions, hand numbness, shoulder pain, etc.
See our Letter to the Editor regarding female & male specific saddle design.
SADDLE WEIGHT: Saddles need an appropriately positioned and shaped anatomic relief structure (slot) and need to be made from material that is forgiving like our body tissue. These facts and the lightest weight saddles are not compatible. After years of study and tens of thousands of miles logged, not all in comfort, we state with certainty that a suspended leather saddle with our Patent 7,341,308 slots and laminates is the ideal bike saddle concept. Balancing your core weight properly over the saddle, adjusting the saddle in 5 attitudes, and having material that closely matches our skin and it’s flexibilities are the keys.
What good is light weight if you are not able to ride in comfort, or if you ride to the point of injury and are taken off the bike, out of the race?