Patent ID: 7108667

Claim:
An improved bicycle saddle having a shell, said shell having an upper surface supporting a pad and a lower surface supporting a rail which holds the saddle to a bicycle wherein the improvement comprises: said shell having a central bisecting longitudinal axis dividing the shell into a right half and a left half and an upper and a lower surface of said right half of said shell adjacent said longitudinal axis being angled upwardly at an angle of from about 25 degrees to about 35 degrees from the horizontal and the upper and lower surface of said left half of said shell adjacent said longitudinal axis being angled upwardly at an angle of from about 25 degrees to about 35 degrees from the horizontal and wherein said rail is generally U-shaped and is oriented so that a base of said U-shaped rail is affixed adjacent a forward edge of said shell and two arms of said U-shaped rail extend rearwardly with respect to said saddle to a right and a left rear terminus under said shell and said two arms support said shell through a pair of bearings affixed to said rail, each of said bearings having an outer rotatable ring, one bearing being affixed about each arm near its terminus whereby the outer rotatable ring of each of said bearings provide vertical support against the lower surface of said shell while allowing the bearings to move inwardly or outwardly on said lower surface as said shell flexes, whereby when a rider sits on the saddle the right and left halves of said saddle flex downwardly about said bisecting longitudinal axis.