OWilderness Trails Bikes (WTB), began off Eurobike by releasing trendy, upgraded variations of their immensely well-liked saddles: the Silverado and Volt. The brand new saddles have a contemporary look, and improved consolation utilizing WTB’s new Fusion Type Know-how.
It’s been roughly a decade because the Silverado and Volt had been launched, they usually’ve stayed just about unchanged since then. When WTB made the choice to replace them, they wished to guarantee that the brand new variations of those well-liked saddles lived as much as the fame of their predecessors.
After numerous trail-tested hours, WTB thinks that the newly up to date variations of the Silverado and Volt are “merely higher in each method”.
Silverado…Extra Comfier
WTB took the OG Silverado and used stress mapping know-how to find out the place pinpoint pressures existed, and the right way to higher distribute these pressures to the sit bones. The result’s a barely flatter profile that WTB says reduces perineal stress.
The reworked Silverado contains a shorter size of 265mm that helps in offering “seamless on-off transitions” whereas nonetheless permitting room to slip ahead for steep climbs.
The Silverado can be obtainable in a standard wrapped and stapled model in 142mm width (medium), with both metal or Chromoly rails for related consolation at a extra inexpensive price ticket.
Volt…New Look, Identical Soul
WTB says that “over 1,000,000 riders have relied on the consolation of the Volt”. And that it’s for that reason that their objective was to refresh the look of the Volt whereas leaving the center of the saddle untouched. Once more, utilizing stress mapping tech, they ensured that the consolation and form of the Volt stayed the identical whereas giving it a extra trendy look.
The guts of the Volt is what WTB says makes it “one of the trusted saddles in biking historical past”. The up to date Volt is identical Volt however with a brand new look made potential by Fusion Type.
Refined with Fusion Type
Fusion Type know-how permits WTB to “fine-tune the quantity of fiber that’s infused into the nylon of every particular mannequin to create a flex profile that balances consolation, assist, and sturdiness to match the supposed use of every particular person saddle“.
WTB additionally says that just like the just lately launched Gravelier, the Silverado optimizes effectivity in a forward-leaning pedaling place by utilizing related fiber percentages.
The up to date base of the Volt makes use of much less fiber to extend flex and enhance consolation for the extra upright pedaling mountain bikers. Permitting the padding to recess into the bottom, Fusion Type gives a modern aesthetic with out lowering total padding thickness.
All of this leads to the identical comfortable saddles you’ve all come to know, that use the standard wrap and stapled building, however with a complete new cleaner look.
4 New Ones with Extra to Come
Becoming a member of the occasion that features the brand new Gravelier and Devo saddles, the brand new up to date Silverado and Volt kind a set of Fusion Type saddles. And WTB says that “that is just the start, as they’ve varied saddles within the works to additional reinforce a brand new period of WTB saddles”.
Retail and Availability
These saddles can be found now. And the up to date Fusion Type model of the Silverado is available in slim (133mm) or medium (142mm) widths. The brand new Volt is offered in medium (142mm) width.
All WTB saddles are priced solely primarily based on the rail materials, quite than by product household. Out there rail choices fluctuate relying on the saddle, see under for the rail materials and the related retail value.
- Metal: $48
- Chromoly: $96
- Chrome steel: $120
- Titanium: $143
- Carbon: $250
