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SMP Press
Release:
SMP4BIKE AS A
SPECTATOR DURING THE AL 91° GIRO D’ITALIA
"An icy shower at smp4bike place.
The exclusion of Professional NGC Medical – OTC
Industria Porte team with the benefit of Astana Pro
Tour Team, just a few days before the beginning of
91st Giro d’Italia, was received with great
disappointment by the management of the Paduan
company that equips Apuana Team with its
revolutionary saddles “with a hole”....."
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SMP Press
Release:
SMP4BIKE SUCCESSFUL ON
RACE AND OFF ROAD
"The two wheels season blasts off ! Giro d’Italia is
knocking on the door and the smp4bike is already
flying on the wings of the victory reached by the
teams equipped with the unimitated and unmistakable
saddle with a “hole”....."
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SMP Press Release: It's Already An Ally of
Your Leather Saddle
"The smp4bike line never stops to marvel! It
introduced and launched onto the market the Leather
Protector towels which is the natural ally of
saddles in leather. Leather Protector improves the
resistance to friction and protects leather by
creating an invisible transpiring barrier that makes
leather resistant to water, oil, protein and alcohol
spots....."
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SMP Press Release: The Revolution in
Shorts
"The Paduan corporation from Casalserugo,
directed by two brothers Franco and Maurizio
Schiavon, has invented a new kind of shorts that
permit to appease the physiological needs with no
great effort. In other words, there is no more need
either “to pull down the pants” or to undress. The
Smp4bike has announced the end of the indecent
spectacles while cycling....."
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SMP sponsored Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr)
wins Riva del Garda TT at 32nd Giro del Trentino
(results in
Cyclingnews.com)
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SMP Avant saddle
reviewed in Road Bike Action Magazine
"The distinctive
shape of the SMP saddle line is designed to provide
increased comfort and safety by virtue of the
central channel cut=away and "eagle beak" dropped
nose design....."
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Davide Frattini's (Colavita/Sutter
Home) 'bellissima vittoria' at Beacon Cyclo-cross
(full article in
Cyclingnews.com)
"One run up the infamous amphitheatre of pain was enough to tame wild thoughts
about the Beacon Cyclo-cross being an easy effort. The Elite men started with
the usual high speeds but Italian Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home) orbited
around the final lap into a solo triumph ahead of Justin Spinelli (Richard Sachs/RGM
Watches) and his teammate Matt Krauss (Richard Sachs/RGM Watches)......."
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Selle SMP
saddles are featured in
article in the "Journal
of Sexual Medicine"
"Demonstration of the net superiority of the SMP
saddle in preventing vascular compression of the
perineal structures with statistically important
results.....
In our study, the SMP
saddle has shown to be by far the most efficient in
protecting the blood perfusion of the penis
compared to one
of the saddles most frequently used by professional
cyclist......"
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Selle SMP
saddles are featured in Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
online
"Brilliant design
comes at a price
Selle SMP Strike Pro Racing Saddle:
Intricately sculpted seat for serious riders with a gaping
7-inch hole and full-length center cavity extending from tail to
down-sloping beak....."
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Selle SMP Strike series saddles
reviewed in
PezCyclingNews.Com.
"When it comes to
matters of ‘amore’ – you can’t question the
reputation of the Italians. So it comes as no
surprise that Selle SMP introduced their ‘Strike’
saddle for ’06 – designed to alleviate pressure on
the - how do we put this delicately… ‘Johnson Nerve’
– which as we all know directly controls performance
of the ‘Johnson Rod’. Recent studies suggest that
too much pressure here can result in a ‘failure to
launch’ in certain matters of… you guessed it- amore......."
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Regina Schleicher wins
Commerce Bank Liberty Classic
on the SMP Evolution
White saddle (full article in
Cyclingnews.com)
"The fifty-eight mile Liberty Classic has traditionally come down to a field
sprint between the top sprinters of the world. That tradition stood strong this
year as Nurnberger’s world champion Regina Schleicher went neck to neck
with T-Mobile’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, winning the drag race sprint to the
line by a close margin......."
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New York Times
article
"Serious Riders, Your Bicycle Seat May Affect Your
Love Life"
features
references to a
review of
the SMP saddles within a research study for a
medical journal
which
identifies the SMP saddle as reducing health risks
for riders.
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Selle SMP
Strike Pro saddle featured in Jul 2005 issue of
Italian cycling magazine BS Bicisport
The Strike was
prominently featured in both a review of the saddle
and article which provided an abstract of a medical
research study which indicated that the Strike
minimized compression of the pelvic floor over long
ride distances.
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