Prologo is bringing their wildly-aero Predator TT saddle to the plenty with a brand new design that slashes its worth by greater than half, whereas additionally making it now match nearly all bikes.
Plus, they’ve added a third saddle to their 3D-printed padding household with the Dimension 3D, that includes a extra standard cowl probably higher suited to extra riders, particularly off-road. Prologo additionally expands its top-tier girls’s saddle line with the brand new Nago Eva. They usually’ve added extra CPC grippy dots to new Octotouch 3D bar tape, not simply to their new aero MIG Air gloves.
Aero Prologo Predator//02 saddle will get regular rails for TT & Tri
Since we first wrote about Pogačar’s Predator saddle in 2024’s Tour time trial, its official 01 debut the next spring, then Vingegaard’s grippier saddle for the 2025 Tour TT saddle, it was nonetheless an ultra-proprietary, out-of-reach design requiring a particular seatpost and costing greater than 1200€. Now, Prologo makes it way more common as Predator//02 with replaceable oval carbon rails.
And most significantly, a 680€ worth reduce.
Look, the brand new Predator 2 continues to be shockingly costly at 570€ for a inventory saddle. However if you need essentially the most aero perch on your time trial or triathlon bike, this seems to be your probability to experience the identical saddle as Grand Tour winners.
What’s new?
The Predator saddle form is precisely the identical – from its lengthy, skinny padded high to the underlying carbon shell with its aerodynamic prolonged tail. However the truth is, the brand new model strikes to an injected long-fiber carbon base (as an alternative of hand-laid fiber) that manages to chop prices with out including a lot weight.
Beneath, Prologo has swapped out the flat carbon plate for a modular replaceable 7x9mm oval Nack carbon rail system. Meaning it would match any saddle suitable with oval rails.
The brand new saddle is available in two variations, each sharing the identical 260x110mm general dimensions:
Predator//02TT with thinner padding in direction of the again and a slim 50mm vast nostril – 159g
Predator//02TRI with tall padding from entrance to again, and a wider, extra cushioned 60mm nostril – 169g
Prologo Dimension R2 3D flat saddle for street, gravel & XC
Plus, Prologo added a third saddle to their 3D-printed padding household with the Dimension 3D. It contains a extra standard cowl, probably higher suited to a wider vary of cyclists, particularly off-road riders.
The flat V-shaped saddle contains the identical wider 40mm nostril of the opposite 2nd-gen Dimension saddles, a big PAS central stress reduction cutout, and now variable-density Multi Sector System 3D-printed padding for extra rider consolation.
This form was particularly optimized for use throughout all efficiency biking disciplines, which is why Prologo reimagined how one can give it a brand new kind of 3D-printed padding high with an built-in cowl…
As an alternative of sticking with the identical utterly open honeycomb grid, the Dimension R2 3D contains a mostly-closed cowl developed to maintain extra filth, mud & grit out of the construction. Whereas open padding can normally be cleaned by flushing grime & particles out, grit like sand can stick inside.
The brand new Dimension R2 3D is available in only one dimension – 245mm lengthy x 143mm vast – and contains a long-fiber carbon-reinforced nylon shell. It’s accessible with both oval 7×9.3mm Nack carbon rails at 195g, or standard 7mm spherical tubular metal TIROX rails at ~228g.
Just like the Scratch 3D & Nago 3D, the brand new Dimension 3D ought to promote for roughly 290€ with metal rails or 390€ with carbon rails – a big pricing premium in comparison with the conventionally-padded Dimension saddles.
Nago EVA high-performance girls’s saddle
Prologo additionally expands its top-tier girls’s saddle line with the brand new Nago Eva. It joins the Dimension Eva & Scratch Eva to mix Prologo’s basic saddle shapes tweaked for top-level feminine riders.
The hallmark of the Nago Eva saddle is a hidden stress reduction cutout within the shell, coated by a really low-density foam within the central part to restrict any stress on delicate tissue. Padding on the edges below the sit bones is thicker and far greater density to supply secure help.
Like the opposite two Eva saddles, the brand new Nago Eva is on the market with both oval Nack carbon rails for 229€ or metal rails for 129€.
Octotouch 3D grippy bar tape
Prologo additionally provides a brand new injection-molded Octotouch 3D bar tape, with their signature grippy dots for higher consolation and management, particularly in foul climate or over tough terrain.
The outer floor of the bartape is a skinny, rubbery elastomer with raised CPC-style nodules molded in, backed by a skinny EVA foam for cushioning. The idea is just about the identical as Prologo’s earlier Onetouch 3D bartape, however right here the little dots are a bigger diameter, with slits reduce throughout them so that they deform extra below your hand.
“The reduce current on every of the conical constructions will increase breathability and the sensation of softness on the palm of the hand, whereas on the identical time permitting moisture to simply escape… Furthermore, this expertise manages to remodel vibrations coming from the bottom into a fragile micromassage that relieves the bike owner’s palms, wrists, and arms, rising stamina ranges within the physique.“
Formally, the brand new 55€ Octotouch 3D tape is identical 3.5mm general thickness because the Onetouch, apparently together with the peak of the grippers. Nevertheless it looks as if the brand new tape contains a thinner base and the nubbins are a bit taller, making the brand new tape really feel thinner general. It additionally makes this new tape lighter – 118g for the complete 2m lengthy x 30mm vast roll (sufficient to wrap either side of your bar), a financial savings of virtually 10% over the Onetouch 3D tape.
MIG Air CPC aero, grippy half-finger biking gloves
We already wrote in regards to the aero advantages of the brand new MIG Air gloves. However their tiny CPC grippers are price a better look. Those self same tubular Join Energy Management nubs are smaller than ever in these new aero gloves, composed of a wide range of sizes and spacing concentric across the heart of your palm to enhance grip on the bars whereas damping vibrations.
Whereas I’m not personally a daily consumer of half-finger gloves for driving dropbars – and I’m unlikely to be noticed driving a Predator saddle, I actually am curious to provide these MIG Air CPC gloves a attempt.
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