Vancouver-based Aenomaly Constructs introduced the world to adjustable seat angles with its SwitchGrade. With the Evo, it refined the concept. With the new SwitchGrade Pro, released today, the concept grows up and widely broadens its horizons.
With the new Pro design, SwitchGrade offers features that allow it to perfectly suit gravel and marathon XC racers, without losing the appeal to the gravity crowd that first brought the Canadian invention success.
SwitchGrade Pro: Adjustable adjustments and angle limiter
When Aenomally first released the SwitchGrade, it came with three title positions. It covered the basics: climb, neutral and descent. That was great for steep climbing, neutral/rolling trails and descending. We were super impressed Aenomally made that possible and kind of blown away by how much of a difference that made, in some unexpected applications. We were also keen on the SwitchGrade’s potential application in gravel, bikepacking, where it could provide advantages, just maybe on less steep gradients.
Turns out we weren’t the only ones who had that idea, and Aenomaly’s done a truely impressive job of making the SwitchGrade pro adaptable enough to appeal to a wide variety of riders, in very specific ways, and potentially without much compromise at all.
How? Throught two very adaptable features. Loc8 and Climb-it Control.
Loc8: Fine tuning options
The first new feature is Loc8. With this, Aenomaly adds up to eight different saddle angle options. Crucially, these come in much narrower, five-degree increments.
This makes the SwitchGrade Pro much more appealing to riders who want the advantages of saddle angle adjustment on less steep gradients. With Loc8 you can lift the lever and move between any of the eight positions before locking back in. Long, mid-angle climb? One or two clicks should cover it. Brutally steep Whistler climbs on an eBike? Drop it all the way forward and start grinding.
Define your useful range: Climb-it Control
Not everyone needs, or wants eight different saddle angle options. With Climb-it Control, Aenomaly lets riders pick hard stops, fore and aft, to prevent over rotation.
SwitchGrade Pro offers 35-degrees of saddle tilt range when its wide open. That’s 20 degrees, or four clicks, forward from the mid-point. And 15-degrees…
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