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It might seem foolhardy to try and make a sub-hundred-gram saddle more comfortable, but that’s exactly what Selle Italia have done with the SLR Tekno Flow Saddle. They have taken the SLR Tekno and added the nut-saving cut-out that characterizes their Flow editions and have brought the whole package in weighing a mere 110g.

The extremely low weight notwithstanding, the SLR Tekno Flow is a saddle designed with all-day comfort in mind. Selle Italia is not in the business of making objects of torture. They want to create the best range of saddles for the widest ass preferences. Their mantra is that the answer is in the fit. Not every saddle is meant for every bum, and finding a saddle that flows with your body is importantIf you have questions about fit, you can contact us and we’ll walk you through a version of Selle Italia’s idmatch system, or come to the shop, where we can measure you with the idmatch system tools. Once you decide that the SLR is the route to go, you can have the added confidence in comfort that the Tekno Flow, with the large cut-out running nearly the full length of the saddle, will offer. If you are wondering why this saddle is slightly heavier than the regular SLR Tekno, it comes down to the extra layer of padding covered by Fibratek material that Selle Italia provides to ensure the opening of the cut-out will not be too Spartan and cause unwanted pressure points. But when we say heavier, we’re talking maybe upwards of 10 grams. That’s about four pennies worth of extra weight.

The oblong 7x9mm seat rails help keep the weight down, but provide a durable interface with the seat post since they are made from what Selle Italia calls CarboKeramic. And if you’ve read cautionary tales about buying oval railed saddles, never fear since anything vertical clamping will work with a 7x9 rail, and in any case, nearly every manufacturer of seatposts produces an adapter for carbon rails. At 131mm wide, the Selle Italia SLR Tekno Flow Saddle offers a perfect shape for riders with narrow sit bones, while the 275mm length will give you plenty of room to move as you adjust your position when going from the drops to the hoods to the upper section of the bars.

The Selle Italia SLR Tekno Flow Saddle is a saddle that can keep every rider from serious pro to weekend warrior comfy for hours. You no longer need to sacrifice comfort to get that low weight perch. Minimalism never felt so good.