Reform Saddles Long Term Follow-up
- David Wadsworth
- Jun 23
- 2 min read
When trialling a new saddle, it often takes a few weeks to truly know if it is the right match for you. In my last blog, I took a first look at Reform, a Canadian saddle manufacturer that has produced the world's first heat moldable saddle to fully customise the saddle shape to you individual anatomy.
Today I check in with our masters racing cyclist who has molded the saddle and been riding and racing on it for the past 7 weeks. Our racer had a particularly challenging problem to fix - asymmetrical pain following a pelvic fracture that required surgery, resulting in some bony and muscle / tendon asymmetry that a non-molded saddle simply wasn't working for him.
The molding process for the Reform Saddle is straight forward and outlined in the XLR8 Performance Coaching video here:
Our long-term review can be found here on YouTube:
The short story is this - our masters cyclist was very happy with the result and can ride for hours without saddle soreness. He describes that the saddle soreness gradually resolved over several weeks, which is typical. Afterall, changing saddles does not mean you have zero pressure on your perineum, it simply means that the correct saddle does not cause pressure spikes which irritate tissue, and the irritated tissue naturally will take a few weeks to settle down and heal fully once unloaded.
The images below show that the saddle has molded to accommodate his asymmetries.
The other remarkable thing about Reform saddles that coincided with this timing of our long term review was that the XL distance for Unbound Gravel (350 miles / 576km!) was just won in record time on a custom molded Reform Saddle by Rob Britton. So it seems that a customisable saddle is a handy option for creating comfort for people with challenging asymmetries, or simply for anyone who values comfort including those tackling ultra-endurance events.
