What's underneath the Inspired saddle padding?

[Mikee]

I've got an inspired saddle, but it's looking a bit tatty. Has anyone cut the padding off of one of these, to make it like the lightweight, bare plastic pivotal saddles? What do they look like with the padding removed?

[marg26]

They recycle well used Rapha Chamois to put under there.

[Mark W]

Is it the Tripod or the Pivotal one you've got? If it's Pivotal, I've seen some stripped generic Pivotal seats before and they're pretty random looking. I believe this is the same pan used for the Inspired Pivotals:

I haven't seen a stripped Tripod seat before so don't really know what they'd be like under there, but I'm assuming they'll be fairly 'odd' looking. The way there's no 'no padding' production seats out there suggests that the pan is a fruity one too.

[Mikee]

@Mark W It's the pivotal one. That does look a little weird and I didn't even consider the staple holes. I've got short arms and long pockets. I guess I should stop being a tight b*****d and buy a new one.

[Mark W]

16 minutes ago, Mikee said:

I've got short arms and long pockets.

Haha, that's a new one on me!

If you've got the f**ks to give, you can melt those staple holes to smooth them off, but then you're kind of entering a turd polishing phase.

Pivotals have fallen out of favour in the BMX world so you may find some ones that use the same pan as the Inspired one for pretty cheap.