Earlier this year we got chance to visit Prologo’ s production and Prologo’s driving force GM, Salvatore Truglio, came along for the ride and to take us through the brand’s short but highly successful history.
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“We started Prologo back in 2007, with the aim of leading the market as a technology brand and producing innovative saddles differently from the established brands”, explains Truglio.
“I thought we should be about technology, whereas most saddles have been made the same way for decades. I also wanted us to be closely involved with professional racing and right from our first product, the Prologo Choice, we started to have winners. The Choice had the first patented interchangeable covers so you could get different characteristics from the same saddle; firm, soft, smooth, textured. Carlos Sastre [former Spanish professional cyclist] rode using the Choice when he won the Tour de France in 2008. That’s just been the starting point for Prologo’s success.”
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Truglio believes that one of the reasons for their success is the production relationship they have with their partner Velo, and Prologo’s strong R&D department.
The R&D department has the advantage of being able to use Velo’s vast manufacturing expertise, which can be called upon as back up for Prologo’s design team, wide ranging testing program, and research into production techniques. Velo produces around 15 million saddles per year, but they reserve their most important tech for the Prologo project.
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