This is the Team Edition of the updated classic Selle Italia Flite saddle. It’s the same as the saddle used by professional riders and is mostly identical in all aspects except for a stiffer base and more durable cover.

Selle Italia sponsors a load of professional cycling teams and to help its saddles standout all team edition versions are finished in this fine red and white colour scheme. But it’s not just the colour that is different, for the saddle has been tweaked to the demands of pro riders.

So the base is stiffer, thanks to a 30% Carbon composite shell. The thin padding is ‘Perfect fit’ – special self-modelling foam that adapts to the shape of your bum making for a comfortable perch which should make the stiffer base bearable. And a Lorica cover is designed to be durable enough to withstand the many thousands of kilometres that professional riders rack up.

Titanium rails help keep the weight down to just 200g (40g lighter than the standard Flite).

£108.99 from www.chickencycles.co.uk