Remember when Fabric was a go-to choice for low-priced saddles? Well, forget that, because Fabric is back, but its new ALM:Halo saddle carries a 300 retail price.Fabric claims the new saddle is updated for the modern era. Its not clear that cyclists backsides have changed much in the decade-plus since the original ALM was designed back in 2013, although even then the saddle would have cost you 225.According to Florian Bont, brand manager at Fabric: The original ALM, released over a decade ago in 2014, set a benchmark by bringing 3D-printed titanium aerospace technology to cycling, so going into this project, we knew we had massive shoes to fill.The goal for the new ALM was never to replace an icon, but to evolve it. We asked ourselves the exact same question we did 10 years ago: what can we learn from cutting-edge industries and apply to innovative saddle design? As with its original saddles, the ALM:Halo has its foam surface bonded to the one-piece base. The new saddle has a 145g claimed weight and follows Fabrics previous fabrication methods, which it pioneered with saddles such as the Scoop, where the fairly thin padding was bonded to the one-piece plastic base.Alongside the redesigned ALM, Fabric is also offering an 'Ergo' version with a cutaway in the base designed to reduce pressure on the softer perineal tissues. Our ALM: Halo Ergo test sample weighs in at 149g.Fabric says it identified two major problems with traditionally made bike saddles. First, they tend to hammock under pressure, with the centre of the saddle sagging. It says this causes soft-tissue discomfort under pelvic rotation.Additionally, Fabric claims the saddles wings tend to flex downwards when pedalling, so the riders weight is borne on the centre of the saddle. The rails form a continuous structure, which Fabric says helps to address comfort issues with traditional saddle designs. It says it worked with the National Composites Centre to determine where to upgrade the support offered by the new saddle. It then used a technique borrowed from Formula 1 to test different prototypes, resulting in a design where the rear supports of the two rails are joined to increase rigidity and avoid saddle wing downward flex.Fabric then redesigned the wing shape so that it curved downwards, which it says enabled it to engineer out the design flaws of the original saddle. The pressure-relief cutout is covered by the saddle upper to fend off wheel spray. It has also added in a foam-covered central pressure-relief channel in its Ergo saddle option, with the foam helping to keep your rear end cleaner.Fabric was a spin-off from Charge Bikes remember them? and became a go-to choice for saddles until around 2021, with its saddles fitted to many bikes from Cannondale, which shared the same ownership, and other brands.The brand fell off the radar post-Covid and its saddles and range of other products, which included lights and pumps, disappeared from retailers.The ALM:Halo saddle is 265mm long by 142mm wide and sits on 10x7mm oval carbon rails. Its priced at 299 in the UK, $329 in the US and 329 in Europe.