Berthoud - Aspin Saddle (Stainless Steel Rails)

The Aspin is a high-performance leather saddle with a medium width – designed for an intermediate riding position that most cyclists find comfortable over long distances. Named for the 1,489 m (4,885 ft) Col d’Aspin in the Pyrénées, the Aspin uses Stainless Steel rails for strength and affordability.

Leather saddles have long offered the ultimate in comfort for long-distance cycling, because they shape themselves to your unique anatomy. Gilles Berthoud’s saddles use thoroughly modern materials and construction methods, while maintaining the advantages of a tensioned leather saddle. We’ve been riding these saddles for years.

The leather is thick and initially firm, but Berthoud saddles are comfortable out of the box due to their excellent shape. Pre-softened to shorten the break-in, they will last many years with occasional treatment. (We recommend Obenauf’s leather preservative.) Berthoud saddles rarely need tensioning, but when they do, the tension is easy to adjust with a 5 mm allen key.

Available in tan, brown, black or cork. The same leather upper is also available as the Aravis model with titanium rails.

Made in France.

Technical Specs:

• Dimensions:
  
  • 278 mm long
  • 157 mm wide
  • 64 mm rail (straight section for seatpost attachment)
  
  
• Average weight: 500 g.
• Stainless Steel Rails
• Fully Rebuildable
• Water resistant leather treatment

(text taken from Compass Bicycles)