3D Printing has been a part of biking tech for fairly a number of years and the world of saddles has not been left behind as there are numerous 3D Print topped examples available on the market. We examine the Fizik Vento Antares R3 Adaptive 3D-Printed saddle and the Fizik Vento Antares R3 saddle – Aside from the worth distinction, what did we predict?
Alastair Hamilton PEZ sez: Again in February I used to be fortunate sufficient to check out the Fizik Vento Antares R3 Adaptive 3D-Printed saddle, and really good it was, too. However the 3D-Printed saddle may simply price greater than you’ll be able to justify at €259.00, though saddle consolation is price each penny/cent spent. The Fizik Vento Antares R3 saddle is identical design, however not 3D-Printed and prices €149.00. The query is: How comparable are they?
Very comparable
The scale are precisely the identical. If you happen to take a look at the beneath, the 2 saddles are mounted on the identical rails and carbon-reinforced nylon shell, so they need to be the identical dimensions. I measured each half for comparability and, aside from the slight variations within the topping, which I’ll come to later, they’re the identical. You possibly can bounce from one to the opposite and the match could be the identical.
The identical base and rails
The fizik Antares isn’t a ‘brief match’ saddle as is the style in the mean time. I’ve discovered that I like to maneuver round a bit and most of the brief saddles maintain you in a single place. Comfy the could also be and swimsuit many individuals, however I discover these further couple of centimetres swimsuit me higher. In all probability higher for my outdated decrease again.
3-D is barely heavier
The three-D Antares is a bit heavier, however I doubt you’ll discover. The Kium hole rails are the identical on each saddles, they’re gentle and robust.
The profile may be very barely completely different
As with my bib shorts assessments, I all the time check out saddles on the house coach first. I discover that is the easiest way to get the texture of the saddle (shorts) as you spend extra time on the saddle and possibly you additionally put extra stress on that space when Zwifting (others can be found). The ‘regular’ Antares felt the identical because the 3-D model. The match and form is identical, however there are distinction and that comes all the way down to the 3-D Printed high.
First trip on Zwift
OK, so what variations did I discover? The padding on the 3-D has been scientifically designed to provide assist or softness in sure locations on the saddle. The non 3-D additionally has softer sections on the wings and within the centre and tougher elements on the sit areas behind the saddle. On the entire, the non 3-D saddle is a tougher trip, extra for the racing man, not uncomfortable, however it’s a strong saddle.
Be careful for the cactus
How does the trip examine? For me, the 3-D is extra comfy with extra gentle sections: On the wings, the central part and the nostril. The traditional Antares has gentle and exhausting sections, whereas the 3-D Antares has gentle, medium and exhausting sections, that are all within the appropriate positions for a bit extra consolation.
The Antares appears to be like good
Which do I choose? That’s straightforward. I a lot choose the 3-D Printed Antares. Sure, it’s way more costly, however I’d say it could be cash properly spent. Each saddles suited me properly and if I had by no means ridden the 3-D model, I’d be fairly pleased with the ‘regular’ Antares. The form, for me, is what I like and that’s what is essential. In spite of everything, saddles are a really private alternative, you wouldn’t put on the fallacious footwear.
Fizik Vento Antares R3 Saddle
fizik sez: A light-weight, versatile racing bike saddle, that includes a low-profile design, carbon-reinforced nylon shell, and kium rails for balanced efficiency in quite a lot of driving conditions.
Description
It’s a reputation that’s appeared in practically each Grand Tour of the previous 20 years, incomes high podium spots within the Tour de France, the Giro, and the Vuelta time and again—and it’s solely getting higher with age. We’re speaking about Antares. Since its launch within the early 2000s, our Antares racing saddle has grow to be a fixture beneath the main athletes within the sport, riders like Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali, Alejandro Valverde, Greg Van Avermaet, Wout van Aert—even final yr’s TDF winner, Jonas Vingegaard. And now, Antares is again and higher than ever. Take your seat on the winner’s circle with the all-new Antares.
Efficiency Chosen by Professionals
As a member of the brand new technology of Antares saddles, the Antares R3 maintains many iconic design options that made the unique some of the common amongst main athletes.
Energy Switch
Antares is a low profile saddle with a transition from nostril to wing that helps ship environment friendly pedaling in each driving positions. Irrespective of for those who’re attacking a climb or holding the tempo on flat terrain, this saddle is designed to assist you. Transferring fore and aft has been made simpler by a flatter, barely wider nostril that acts as an optimum base from which to supply energy.
Stress Aid
Antares options an ergonomic cutout, developed utilizing detailed stress evaluation and enter from medical consultants, that helps to alleviate stress and facilitate blood circulation. Moreover, the low-profile padding has been engineered with a double-density foam, firmer on the ischial bones, softer on the nostril, to offer each rider the best assist, no matter driving place, with out creating undue stress.
Light-weight, Robust, Responsive
Antares is designed for riders in search of a efficiency saddle that doesn’t sacrifice consolation. As our efficiency possibility, Antares has been race-proven by athletes world wide, from these competing on roads to cyclocross and cross-country riders.
Applied sciences/Specs
- ANTARES: Low-profile efficiency saddle designed to permit a extra related feeling for optimum pedaling effectivity and energy switch
- R3: Mixture of a ride-compliant, carbon-reinforced nylon shell and a Kium hole rail with excessive strength-to-weight ratio
- WINGFLEX: The shell’s facet edges flex and adapt to the rider’s inside leg motion
- DOUBLE-DENSITY FOAM: Firmer on the ischial bones, softer on the nostril, for optimum consolation in each driving place
Specs
ANTARES R3 140 mm
- Size: 268 mm
- Width: 140 mm
- Top at 75 mm width: 47 mm
- Size from nostril to 75mm width: 147 mm
- Weight: 195 g
- Rail: 7×7 mm.
Specs
ANTARES R3 150 mm
- Size: 265 mm
- Width: 150 mm
- Top at 75 mm width: 47 mm
- Size from nostril to 75 mm width: 147 mm
- Weight: 202 g
- Rail: 7×7 mm
Fizik Vento Antares R3 Adaptive 3D-Printed Saddle
fizik sez: A high-performance saddle with a streamlined form and tapered nose-to-wing transition, now accessible with Adaptive padding, our most superior 3D-printed padding expertise.
The Way forward for Efficiency
A part of a brand new technology of Antares saddles, the Antares R3 Adaptive maintains many iconic design options which have lengthy made the unique so common amongst main athletes. First launched over twenty years in the past, Antares has appeared in practically each Grand Tour since. Reimagined in our progressive Adaptive padding, Antares is able to make historical past once more. Delivering efficiency and luxury, from highway to CX and XC, the Antares R3 balances power and weight financial savings with a carbon-reinforced nylon shell and Kium hole rail combo.
3D-Printed Padding
Fizik Adaptive 3D-printed padding has expanded to the Antares household, creating the proper match for many who need distinctive, long-lasting consolation on a low-profile efficiency saddle designed to permit a extra related feeling for optimum pedalling effectivity and energy switch.
Tailor-made Zonal Cushioning
The evolution of digital 3D printing has allowed us to develop a brand new saddle with out the constraints or limitations imposed by conventional manufacturing strategies and supplies. The Adaptive saddle padding is crafted by Carbon® utilizing their revolutionary Digital Mild Synthesis™ expertise. DLS is an additive manufacturing course of which makes use of digital ultraviolet gentle projection, oxygen permeable optics, and programmable liquid resins to supply elements with wonderful mechanical properties, decision, and floor end.
Lab Examined, Street Confirmed
Utilizing Carbon® expertise, biomechanics and engineers have an unprecedented chance: to design and manufacture a number of useful zones inside the saddle, tuning every of them individually for particular mechanical properties. Every of those key useful zones is engineered for a particular cushioning and mechanical response, joined collectively progressively and seamlessly in the identical padding. The outcome? A 60% discount in peak stress by means of improved weight distribution for elevated consolation throughout all the saddle floor.
Energy Switch & Stress Aid
Antares is a low-profile saddle with a tapered transition from nostril to wing that helps riders ship environment friendly pedalling in each driving place. 3D-printed padding offers a responsive, race-ready feeling to higher join rider and bike. By this expertise, we’re capable of incorporate a softer central zone as a substitute of a conventional cut-out to offer higher stress reduction with out sacrificing efficiency. Irrespective of for those who’re attacking a climb or holding the tempo on flat terrain, Antares R3 Adaptive is designed to assist you.
Examine the fizik web site on your space for worth.
Applied sciences/Specs
- ADAPTIVE: Carbon® Digital Mild Synthesis™ 3D-printing expertise, providing seamlessly engineered zonal cushioning
- ANTARES: Low-profile efficiency saddle designed to permit a extra related feeling for optimum pedalling effectivity and energy switch
- R3: Mixture of a ride-compliant, carbon-reinforced nylon shell and a Kium hole rail with a excessive strength-to-weight ratio
Antares Adaptive R3 140mm
- Size: 268mm
- Width: 140mm
- Top at 75mm width: 50mm
- Size from nostril to 75mm width: 147mm
- Weight: 220g
- Rail: 7x7mm
Antares Adaptive R3 150mm
- Size: 268mm
- Width: 150mm
- Top at 75mm width: 50mm
- Size from nostril to 75mm width: 147mm
- Weight: 225g
- Rail: 7x7mm
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