How to Choose the Right Mountain Bike Saddle

These are the things to look for when choosing a great mountain bike saddle: construction, materials, sizing, and extra features. I'll also share some popular recommendations based on Singletracks readers' favorite mountain bike saddles.

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[ElevationStation]

Thanks for the info dude i run a bare carbon seat right now like your red one and my only complaint is the creaking sounds!

[hurjio]

It’s kinda funny I paid more for my saddle than the actual bike

[Wannaridebikes]

You can find people selling saddles at good prices. I found mine a friend of a friend bought a new bike. He did not like the saddle. He found out I was looking and said 10 bucks being new I jumped on it and it is a good saddle

[BrianVaughn]

Finally a face I can put with the voice. Nice information!

[josedavalos]

Hi, I have a question. Why enduro and downhill bikes use long nose saddle?. I heard that people say some UCI rules, But I was thinking to to use short nose saddle for downhill and enduro as the swork power saddle or the bisaddle, that is 23 cm or 9 inches length. I think that, because the weight saddle, free space for pedaling. Thankyou.

[backpacker]

WTB are no 1. Better then Specialized and better then Bontrager and better then Selle Italia ..
Durability and Comfort of the WTB saddles are a proven formula .
You can not go wrong with buying WTB saddles. Most likly once you buy a WTB saddles you will stay with WTB for ever.

Simply the BEST.

[dreamingdust]

Where are the big comfortable saddles? A lot of bikers prefer ruining their ass for the small good looking saddle.
I have a B'TWIN CITY 900 GEL BIKE SADDLE XL

[thexardas]

Phenom yes. WTB suck. Fabric ok. Basically any saddle as long as it is not small or way too big will work. In my experience 1 size up from your measurements might be even better for MTB or commuter but not for road bike.

[gregtheriot]

Forgot one major great brand...Fabric!!

[leonardfedillaga]

😄😄$400 worth of saddle 👎👎 my bike just worth 300!! No way