fizik Vento Argo R1 Adaptive - schwarz

An advanced bicycle saddle produced using 3D printing technology, featuring a versatile, short-nosed design and lightweight carbon rails to ensure comfort, responsiveness, and stability for a variety of body types and riding positions.

Fizik's 3D-printed Adaptive cushioning is now being introduced into the Argo product line for those seeking exceptional, long-lasting comfort on a versatile platform that offers both stability and balance.

3D-Printed Cushioning
The technological capabilities of digital 3D printing have allowed us to develop a novel saddle without the limitations imposed by traditional manufacturing processes and materials. The Adaptive saddle cushioning is produced by Carbon using the revolutionary Digital Light Synthesis technology. DLS is an additive manufacturing process that uses digital ultraviolet light projection, oxygen-permeable optics, and programmable liquid resins to produce components with excellent mechanical properties, resolution, and surface quality.

Tailored Zonal Cushioning
Carbon's technology offers biomechanists and engineers unprecedented possibilities: multiple function-related zones can be designed and manufactured within the saddle, each individually tuned to specific mechanical properties. Each of these functional key zones is designed for different cushioning properties and mechanical behavior and is progressively and seamlessly integrated into the same cushioning. The result? A reduction in pressure peaks by 60% through improved weight distribution for more comfort across the entire saddle surface.

Argo for Every Terrain
Our most versatile saddle shape, the Argo, is suitable for a variety of bicycles and terrains. Whether on smooth asphalt or technical terrain, the Argo helps the rider achieve a better seating position, providing more stability and better weight distribution. Additionally, the shorter drop-nose design offers excellent support when adopting a performance-oriented, aerodynamic riding position.

Design, Test, Ride
To develop the ideal Adaptive comfort zones, we studied the various riding positions and pressure points of both professional cyclists and hobbyists, in the Fizik labs as well as out on the roads, gravel paths, and trails. In each development phase, new variants were carefully tested, focusing on understanding how pressure behavior changes depending on bike geometry, seating position, and terrain type.

Long-Lasting Performance
Maintaining the saddle is very simple. Even with stubborn dirt, dust, or mud from the trails, you only need to rinse it off with some water. Whatever gets in, comes out again. We subjected it to the most intensive tests, simulating accelerated weather exposure, UV aging, and wear resistance according to strict specifications.

Features:

• Adaptive: Carbon® Digital Light Synthesis™ 3D printing technology that enables seamless, zonal cushioning
• Argo: Versatile, short-nosed saddle that promotes stability and reduces pressure on sensitive areas
• R1: A combination of a compliant, carbon-reinforced nylon shell and extremely stiff carbon rails
• Width: 140 mm, 150 mm
• Length: 265 mm
• Stack height at 75 mm width: 45.5 mm
• Length from nose to 75 mm width measurement: 114 mm
• Weight: 190 g, 196 g
• Rails: 7x9 mm