Most of us are pretty clear now on Fizik’s approach to saddle design, with its original spine concept which links a rider's flexibility with a saddle style that best suits their riding. The Arione is designed for the most flexible riders (Snake), the Aliante for the least flexible (Bull), and for those in the middle there's the Antares (Chameleon). After extensive research with pro riders and the University of Colorado, Fizik has now evolved this concept and are launching bibshorts for 2017.
Fizik's Link range of bibshorts uses the Snake, Bull and Chameleon standards as its basis, and looks to the rider's hip rotation (linked to spine flex) to dictate the shape that the chamois inside a rider's shorts should be.
The shaping of each chamois is different with not only the weight and density of the pad changing between models, but also the shaping of the individual pad elements and amount of contact and airflow between models differing too.
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The Snake, for highly flexible riders with little or no hip rotation, has what at first glance looks to be the most simple pad design. The three stage pads found on the top level R1 model bonds an air base layer to a first layer of 120kg/m3 weight pad (10mm thick), then a second 4mm section is bonded and it's all sandwiched underneath a super-soft touch, seamless molded, breathable cover.
On the lower priced R3 bibshort the design has been simplified into a 2-stage layer, but using the same high quality, breathable, soft touch cover. The Snake design is almost free of channels (apart from a prominent central channel on the pad) whereas the Chameleon introduces deeper channels around the circumference of the main pads.
The Bull, for less flexible riders who exert more pressure on the saddle, has deep pronounced grooves running horizontally along the twin pads to maximize breathability and aid comfort.
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