Fizik has unveiled a contemporary overhaul of considered one of their longest-running street saddles – a brand new waved ergonomic Tempo Aliante vary optimized for longer endurance rides. Adapting the favored Aliante form, the brand new Tempo Aliante saddles get a tweaked form general with improved strain aid options and smarter supportive padding for higher all-day journey consolation with out sacrificing on efficiency.
New Fizik Tempo Aliante endurance street bike saddle
Consolation was the precedence of the brand new Fizik Tempo Aliante redesign after twenty years on the street. The waved profile stays, finest suiting a reasonably versatile bike owner who doesn’t transfer round a ton whereas pedaling. However the saddles are incrementally bigger & flatter for extra even weight distribution, whereas shedding weight general in comparison with the beforehand analogous Aliante Open saddles.
What’s new?
The obvious change for upgraded ergonomics is an growth of the Tempo Aliante’s cutout, now extending additional into the nostril vs. the Aliante Open for improved blood stream and strain aid. To make that work, the brand new Tempo Aliante has a barely wider, squared-off nostril and usually flatter high mixed with new dual-density foam padding.
The padding on the rear of the saddle is firmer for further assist & strain distribution underneath your sit bones whereas pedaling often, however will get softer padding as you slide ahead onto the nostril to climb or put in a burst of additional energy. And, the brand new saddle additionally continues Fizik’s WingFlex within the entrance edges of the rear wings of the shell to maneuver together with your thighs as you pedal.
“The brand new era of Aliante benefit from all of the current innovation fizik has utilized to its new saddles. From the significance of diversifying areas of consolation, to the collaboration with physios and bike fitters, bringing ergonomics to a brand new degree“, describes product supervisor Alex Locatelli
Fizik Tempo Aliante – Tech Particulars, Choices & Pricing?
The brand new Fizik Tempo Aliante saddle is now a millimeter longer at 277mm and in two barely bigger widths – 145mm & 155mm. It additionally is accessible now in three totally different spec ranges relying on kind of rails – R1, R3 & R5 – all with a carbon-reinforced nylon shell.
The highest-tier $225 / 200€ Fizik Tempo Aliante R1 options full carbon rails, fortunately additionally in the identical 7x9mm oval profile just lately launched within the 3D-Printed Vento Argo Adaptive 00 improve for extra common seatpost compatibility. The narrower Tempo Aliante R1 claims a weight of simply 180g, or simply 186g for the 155mm model.
The mid-spec $150 / 150€ Tempo Aliante R3 as traditional presents typical mid-spec efficiency with 7mm spherical Kium tubular ti alloy rails, at claimed 220/226g relying on width. And the $130 / 110€ Tempo Aliante R5 is definitely the very best on worth with the very same sturdy artificial cowl, snug padding, and carbon-reinforced shell… simply with ever so barely heavier strong S-Alloy rails for claimed weights of 230 & 236g.
All new Fizik Tempo Aliante endurance street saddles can be found now, wherever you purchase Fizik gear.
