WTB Updates Graphics on Industry-Leading Saddle Line and Revolutionizes Saddle Fit with WTB Fit Right System
WTB has unveiled updated graphics across the entirety of the company’s iconic saddle line. WTB’s progressive saddle shapes now feature subdued graphics to provide a sleek and modern appearance that doesn’t clash with the defining colors of a bike. In addition to updated graphics, every WTB saddle is now covered with a premium microfiber material, regardless of other features available at different performance tiers.
Thoughts => Besides adding some new graphics and painted rails, WTB is introducing a unique method to measure the distance between your sit bone; measure your wrist width! You want to have the proper saddle width to fit your pelvis to maximize pedaling efficiency and comfort, by getting the weight off the soft tissue and transmitted to the seat bones. Their Fit Right System has you measure your wrist since it turns out there is a correlation between your wrists and sit bones! The usual method to measure your sit bones width is to sit on some cardboard or a proprietary padding unit that provides a visual way to get the distance between sit bones. With the WTB method, you measure your wrist, pick your riding position, body type, amount of saddle padding, and they offer the proper saddle/saddles that matches up with your criteria. It corresponds well, since I measure to a 12cm sit bone width with the old school method, and their FRS came out to a narrow saddle.
We recently updated the graphics on our entire WTB saddle line. Made them purdier, with painted rails and subdued graphics that won’t clash with the defining colors of your bike. There isn’t any new technology in them that will unlock ULTIMATE SADDLE COMFORT, but we did simultaneously launch a new saddle fit system that will hopefully aid you in finding the perfect saddle to match your sit bones and riding position. Ready for the strangest part? We determine which saddle is perfect for you using a correlation between your wrists and sit bones. Sounds silly, eh? That’s fair, but give the tool a try and let me know what your thoughts are…as long as you also provide your resulting sit bone measurement and preferential amount of padding thickness.
WTB saddles with cromoly rails and thin padding now feature all-new HLX padding, which is 30% more shock absorbent than polyurethane, making it the plushest WTB saddle padding available.
Comparable to putting a memory foam topper on your saddle, it’s a great option for those who prioritize squishiness over weight savings.
Cromoly saddles with medium and thick levels of padding feature the added comfort of HLX+ Gel padding, which uses strategically placed gel inserts in areas where a rider’s sit bones contact the saddle.
Recognizing even the world’s most comfortable saddles require a fit procedure to direct an individual rider towards their ideal saddle, WTB has introduced the revolutionary Fit Right System as the most accurate and non-intrusive method available. Based on an anatomical correlation between the wrists and ischial tuberosities (sit bones) of the body, the WTB Fit Right System uses simple steps to direct riders towards an ideal saddle width and padding thickness to match their physiology and riding position. Better yet, it’s free and can be used whether at home or your local bike shop. Right about now you’re probably wondering how WTB can possibly determine which saddle is right for you based on nothing more than your wrist measurement and a few simple questions. Find out more at www.wtb.com/pages/fitright
Once a rider’s sit bone measurement has been determined, the final step is WTB’s Fit Right Chart, which categorizes the WTB saddle line according to the simple descriptors of saddle width and padding thickness. Riders apply their sit bone measurement and padding preference to complete the personalized fit procedure knowing they’ve chosen the perfect saddle.
WTB’s goal is to provide riders with a saddle that fits them so perfectly they simply forget it’s beneath them.
About WTB
Founded in 1982, WTB was formed in the birthplace of mountain biking to design better bicycle products. Renowned for saddles, tires, rims, and grips, this rider-driven company continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible through an unrelenting spirit of innovation and passion for a two-wheeled adventure.
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