The Manta Bicycle Saddle

NEWS: the Manta saddle is now marketed by Unified Sport as the EVOLVE

 

Manta saddle MS9 black


Revolutionary design it changes the whole feel of being seated on a cycle, after riding on a Manta your rear 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 right 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, now Evolution

 

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