SDG Bel Air RL Ti Saddle Review - BikeRadar

I used one of these last year, in a more boring black.

Found it really comfortable, even when I had long days in the saddle. The big problem was the continual creaking noise. Drove me mad !

The problem was in the nose of the saddle, where the rail is folded back on itself. The Ti rail creaked against the plastic mould holding it to the saddle incessantly. I cleaned it completely and packed it with grease but it just would not stop until I chucked the saddle in the bin.

I still haven't found anything as comfortable to replace it with though............

Good comfortable seat but the sides wear out quickly making it look poor.

My standard saddle of choice. Keep an eye out and you can ususally find someone has some for cheap somewhere

the rail pockets are a bit loose and my first one I took back to teh shop ... but the second one was the same as were all the ones that anypone else I knew owned so I decided to stop fretting about it. I have 3 atm on different bikes and none of them have fallen appart or worn out yet.

@Wildhighlander – I had the same problem with the Ti model. Really comfortable but when I finally found the creaking noise was the saddle I had to grease if before every ride to stop it. I've replaced with a Charge Spoon which isn't as comfortable but it's just as durable and has no creaks!

The creak is something I had to learn to live with. I'm a huge fan of the Bel AIr range from SDG. Had everything from Charge Spoon to Fizik Gobi, and yet I always come back to the SDG. It just works for me. Sort the creak out though.