Ryet ‘Aircode 3D printed’ saddle

5MV-94a – Ryet ‘Aircode 3D printed’ saddle
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In a previous video (https://youtu.be/mJuSxkBfwBw?si=JQMnbIiXfpyJF0pW) I reviewed a cheap light full carbon fibre saddle I bought through Aliexpress. The saddle was reasonably comfortable up to 50km but for my normal ride length of around 100km it was not so good. After trying to fix the problem, I decided to buy a replacement saddle, but one with some padding on.
I bought a Ryet ‘Aircode 3D printed’ saddle with a carbon fiber base and rails with ‘3D printed Aircode’ padding, there is a link to the item below; I have no affiliation with Aliexpress or the seller other than as a paying customer. In this video I give it an out-of-the-box review and a first ride feedback. In a later video I will give a fuller review.
Saddle: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005209973776.html

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Earlier this year I embarked on a project to lighten my or gain ebike but I wanted to do it on a budget I purchased this full carbon fiber saddle it was a light it was cheap and despite its relatively hard surface it was reasonably comfortable up to about 50 km the saddle

Was fine Beyond around 50 km it started to get progressively more uncomfortable and by the time I’ve got to 100 km it was bordering on painful unfortunately many of my rides are around about 100 km so this saddle has been an issue I did try adding some additional padding the Comfort did

Improve but now the boundary for discomfort was around about 70 km still not really far enough as I failed to improve the comfort of the sadly enough I decided to go back to AliExpress and see what else was available I didn’t mind it for replacement was a bit more expensive or

A bit heavier but it must be potentially more comfortable to cut a long story short I found a carbon fiber version of this R saddle it was advertised as having 3D printed padding on the top surface although it did cost three times as much as my previous carbon fiber saddle it

Did other otherwise meet my requirements hence I ordered one and just 9 days later it arrived the box is a bit crushed but the saddle inside is just fine the saddle’s base is full carbon fiber and the carbon fiber rails are bonded to it on the top surface is this

Honeycomb style soft padding the carbon fiber looks reasonably well laid out I can’t see any wrinkles or any discontinuities although I have to admit it’s quite a simple structure similarly the carbon fiber rails appear to be nicely made and they’re joined at the front which is a nice feature

Importantly in the clamping area these rails have a 9×7 mm cross-section so they’re carbon fiber specific in dimensions a grippy surface has been applied to prevent it slipping in the seat post clamp the bonding of the Rails into the base looks quite good I can’t see any

Cracks bubbles or pores this is true at the front and the back to avoid any stress concentration the rails where they join to the base look nicely Blended the open cell padding on the top surface is between 6 and 8 mm thick and it appears to be bonded to the base

It’ll be interesting to see if that’s a weak point of this design design firstly there should be no protruding or sharp edges as these can cause chafing a particularly unpleasant form of Saddle saw I’m pleased to say that on this saddle all the edges seem to be well

Rounded a lot of the Comfort on my Brook c17 as a review in the top right hand corner seems to come from its flexible base however on this red saddle the base is so rigid it really doesn’t Flex very much so the comfort will come from the

Underlying shape of the saddle and of course that 3D printed pad on the surface if I do a thumb test on the surface it perhaps doesn’t feel as firm as I would like it to be I can imagine my sitbon sinking through that and hitting the base however I will only

Tell if that’s true or not when I get out and ride this is my first ride on this wck carbon fiber saddle my initial Impressions were it just felt like a saddle I didn’t particularly notice the padding which to be honest is the main feature of the

Saddle however as I rode it a bit more particularly as I went over rather bumpy roads I started to notice the slight give in that saddle that 3D printed surface did seem to be offering some benefit however I have only ridden 12 km so far so I haven’t really given it a good

Test but my initial impressions are favorable enough to keep using it and in the future I’ll report back to you if you found this video useful please give it a thumbs up and if you want to see that future video and other stuff about cycling in 5 minutes or less

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