Ergon SMS Sport Men

Description

The Ergon SMS Sport Men is a comfortable mountain bike saddle with a more compact design & lighter weight.

• Orthopaedic comfort foam
• Rising rear section for optimal support
• Extra deep relief channel, designed for the male anatomy
• Recommended Use: MTB & e-MTB

Unlike the SM Sport Men, this new compact design features a shorter, streamlined profile that cuts weight without sacrificing performance.

Experience exceptional comfort with the anatomically perfected relief channel that protects your sensitive perineal area, complemented by premium orthopaedic foam padding.

The innovative Y-shaped rear with flattened design delivers unrestricted movement—exactly what you need for aggressive mountain biking positions.

Elevate your MTB experience with a saddle that understands your body’s needs.

• Men specific saddle
• Comfortable foam
• Mountain bike saddle – suits XC, Trail & Bikepacking
• Small/Medium Size: 9-12cm Sit Bone Width
• Medium/Large Size: 12-16cm Sit Bone Width
• Saddle dimensions: 27 cm L x 15 cm W (approx.)
• Weight: 280 g (in the M/L size)
• TiNox XP rails, microfiber top & foam orthopaedic padding
• Comfortable and robust foam

Deep Relief Channel – Eliminating unwanted pressures

The progressive relief channel, which deepens towards the rear, leads to an opening through the saddle shell. This construction combines all of the advantages of a cut-out saddle without the potential disadvantages. This design gives the saddle shell more forgiveness as well as specifically relieves perineal pressures. Too much pressure in this area often leads to discomfort and numbness in the genital area.

Men’s Health

The Ergon development team carried out intensive research on the topic of men’s health. They found that the main cause of complaints when cycling is the saddle. Often times, men experience too much pressure on their perineal area leading to pain, discomfort, numbness. The Ergon SMS Sport Men relieves this pressure with a very specific relief channel as well as better surface area distribution under the bony structures.

More freedom of movement

Compared to women, the male pelvis tends to be less flexible. This means that men sit more upright on the saddle and put more of their weight distribution on their sit bones. Therefore the transition area between the rear of the saddle and the saddle nose can be kept narrow (Y-shape). This gives the legs more space to pedal.

Male and Female pelvic differences

In contrast to the female anatomy, the male sit bones are more narrow and where the two sides of the pelvis come together in the front is much higher. This results in more pressure being distributed on the male’s sit bones vs. a broader area of sit bones and pubic bones in women. Ergon have taken this significant difference between male and female anatomy into consideration during saddle development.

Pressure relief

The correct distribution of pressure is important. In order to protect the sensitive perineal area, the pressure must be shifted to the sit bones and parts of the pubic arch. This is exactly how the relief surface of Ergon men’s saddles works. Due to the more upright sitting male pelvis Ergon have kept the surface flat and even for best possible freedom of movement. For the support they use the highest quality foams.