- Welcome to another amazing GCN Tech unboxing.
And today we have an awesome prize,
the brand new Selle Italia SLR Boost Saddle.
And as ever, with the GCN Tech unboxing,
there's a chance to win.
We don't just have one to give away.
Oh no, four lucky viewers will all win
one of the brand new saddles.
How awesome is that?
Now for details on how to win one,
well, stay tuned to the end of the video.
But in the meantime, I think we should
get them out and have a look.
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Selle Italia is actually one of
the oldest cycling companies in the world,
having first started making saddles back in 1897.
And they've got a lot of iconic saddles
in their back catalog.
I think my favorite's probably the Flight.
But with over 120 years of saddle making experience,
they've seen them evolve a lot.
And this is their latest creation.
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Many of you will already be familiar
with the Selle Italia SLR, it's one of
the most popular saddles in the pro peloton
and has been the perch of choice
of many top riders, including Contador, Valverde,
Purito, Kristoff, you get the idea.
The SLR Boost is a short-nosed version
of that venerable SLR.
We'll come on to why in a moment.
Shortly, in fact.
But it's 2.5 centimeters shorter than the SLR
and its 248 millimeters long in total to be precise.
Selle Italia also claims that this
is the lightest short-nose saddle available to humanity.
This is the top of the range Kit Carbonia Flow version
and it weights just 122 grams.
Very light indeed.
And it's also beautiful.
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You can see that this saddle has some very bling
carbon-fiber rails to help keep the weight down,
but there's actually a ceramic coating
on the clamping area to help protect it
when it's clamped to your seatpost,
and a really nice microfiber upper as well.
Now as I mentioned, this is the top of the range version,
but there are also three others.
There's a titanium-railed model,
a manganese-railed model, and something that's pretty cool,
a women's specific model with titanium rails too.
The women's specific model has a slightly
different shape and some additional padding
to cater for different anatomies.
Now as someone who gets super excited routinely
by bike tech, I'm not well-qualified
to sort of comment on specifics there.
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What I can say from experience though,
is that saddle choice is hugely personal.
And that's why, when you look
on a website like Selle Italia's,
you'll see a whole plethora of different options.
The SLR Boost, for example, is available
in two widths, 130 and 145 millimeters.
And you make your choice based on the width
of your ischial tuberosities, sit bones, basically.
S is the narrow one and L is the wider one.
This happens to be an S.
And then across the range, you have a variety
of different sized cut-outs, depending on
how far your pelvis rotates as you sit on the saddle.
This is a Superflow, which is the largest cut-out.
You could probably fit quite a bit through that big gap.
And it's designed for riding in super low,
aggressive position, which also makes sense
for short-nosed saddles.
"But why," I hear you ask.
Well, shorter saddles are a response
to longer, lower, more aggressive riding positions.
The longer and lower that you have your bars,
the more you have to rotate your pelvis.
And then the further forward you need
to have your saddle in relation to that
in order to achieve a powerful peddling position.
However, the UCI stipulates that the nose
of your saddle has to be at least
five centimeters behind the bottom bracket.
So if you want to stay within the rules
and achieve the position that you need,
you can, well, craftily use a short-nosed saddle.
If you need help choosing a saddle, then Selle Italia
has devised a fitting system called idmatch.
And what this does is it looks at your specific measurements
and also how you sit on the bike
and how aggressive your position or relaxed it is
and matches that with an appropriate saddle,
with an appropriate cut-out that should work for you.
It's found at accredited bike shops
and they might also have a fleet
of demo saddles that you can try as well.
Now for the part you've all been waiting for,
how do I win one of these beautiful
Selle Italia SLR Boost Saddles?
Well that's super simple.
All you need to do is click on the link
in the description down below,
and that will take you to our giveaways page.
Follow the instructions, fill it in, it's completely free,
and you'll be in with a chance
of winning one of these bad boys.
Or bad girls.
And then when you've done that,
why not head over the GCN shop.
We've got all manner of goodies down there,
including our very own branded GCN Ass Savers,
perfect for slotting in to your new saddle.
And for another video, well,
click on this women specific saddle.