Manta Bicycle Saddle

The Manta MS9 is marketed by Hypervital GmbH as the Comfort-Line

RelaxIQ in mainland Europe, and by Unified Sport as the EVOLVE

 

Manta saddle MS9 black


Revolutionary design: the feel for the rear is changed - after riding a Manta your butt does not feel like it's been on a bike at all!



Sunday Times

...it is very different from a conventional saddle, but is surprisingly comfortable.
Tim Dawson

Manta saddle MS9 blue

The body parts you are using to sit on now are the best for the job

Cycling with a traditional saddle is the only exercise activity which lowers bloodflow to significant parts of the body

With a Manta you enjoy the positive effects of an increase in bloodflow and good ventilation

 

Manta saddle Marc Millar #9

 

Comment from Michael Downes an industry leading bicycle designer: [The manta saddle is…] "[…] the most revolutionary development I have yet seen with regard to the bicycle saddle. There is an undeniable elegance to the manta concept. What I particularly love is how the function of the saddle and the way it interfaces with the rider is so evident in its form"

 

  • no pressure on the perineum
  • far better ventilation, keep cool and dry
  • the best thing to find under you after a big landing short of a sofa potholes, kerbs ...as long as the wheels survive, it's all good
    recumbent comfort levels and safety on an upright bicycle
  • a must for fixed, turbo-training bikes, spinning
  • three to four times the support area of conventional saddles
  • invented, then developed in Scotland since 2001 and perfected for manufacture and production, with expertise from Warwick Macdonald, DuPont, Protomould, Fife - including test feedback by experienced engineers and riders
  • much more than just a saddle without a nose
  • a challenging invention, design and manufacture project, it delivers
  • removes stamina-sapping discomfort

 

The Manta does not pressurise medically significant soft parts, nerves, and arteries are not evolved to support a rider's weight, or up to to 7x the bodyweight, such as when you hit a pothole or a kerb

 

Manta saddle Marc Millar #59

MS13 to MS9 ~ [in 2010] we shortened the front of the saddle from 13 "elements" (the MS13 is illustrated beautifully by Marc Millar in the archives) reduced to 9 elements, we built the MS9, it performs impressively at 9 elements, without adding any pressure to the tender body parts

Revolution and Evolution

 

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