Specialized Romin Evo Expert Gel saddle – in brief review
Strong endurance option
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With a deeply curved shape and a huge full-length channel and cutout, the Romin is Specialized‘s take on the endurance saddle.
Like all Spesh seats, the Romin is available in three widths, which you can be sized for at Specialized dealers and concept stores.
The thick gel padding and highly flexible hull makes the Romin a seriously pleasant place to sit. Some testers, though, found the separation of the gel padding on the nose a little too prominent when shifting weight forward on the climbs – we got the best out of the Romin when seated on its supremely comfy wing sections.
Despite this slight niggle though, this represents one of the best options around for endurance riders.
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Product Specifications
Product
| Name | Name, 0, 10, Name, Romin Evo Expert Gel (14) |
| Brand | Brand, 0, 20, Brand, Specialized |
| Description | Description, 2, 0, Description, Length: 270mm - Type: Curved - Width: 143mm, 155mm, 168mm |
| Weight (g) | Weight (g), 2, 0, Weight (g), 270 |
| Width (mm) | Width (mm), 2, 0, Width (mm), 143 |
| Saddle Rails | Saddle Rails, 2, 0, Saddle Rails, Titanium |
| Saddle Width Availability | Saddle Width Availability, 2, 0, Saddle Width Availability, 3 widths |
Authors
Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit. You will find snaps of Warren’s daily rides on the Instagram account of our sister publication, Cycling Plus (@cyclingplus).
