new saddle

just got a new saddle and now i'm much faster! i didnt realize what a
difference it could make.

i was using a terry liberator that i found very comfortable but the plastic
part underneath broke on an unexpected bump. i went to rei and found the new
ones are over $50. i dont want to spend $50 for another saddle that i now
know might break. it took a long time and two returns to find a less
expensive one that fits. it's an aeron ($20 on sale) from supergo. i think
the terry was absorbing too much of my leg effort.

-alan

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:45:27 -0800, wrote:

just got a new saddle and now i'm much faster! i didnt realize what a
difference it could make.

If it's perforated, then that's the reason. The small holes work in the
same way the dimples in a golf ball work, by creating small vorticis.
These tiny tornados, in concert, create a slippery air bubble around the
saddle, increasing aerodynamics and reducing thigh friction.

Good show!

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 04:40:29 GMT, maxo
wrote:

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:45:27 -0800, wrote:

just got a new saddle and now i'm much faster! i didnt realize what a
difference it could make.

If it's perforated, then that's the reason. The small holes work in the
same way the dimples in a golf ball work, by creating small vorticis.
These tiny tornados, in concert, create a slippery air bubble around the
saddle, increasing aerodynamics and reducing thigh friction.

Good show!

Howdy,

As I assume you know, that effect would be diminished by
half unless the rider if off the saddle...

All the best,

--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

In article , maxo says...

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:45:27 -0800, wrote:

just got a new saddle and now i'm much faster! i didnt realize what a
difference it could make.

If it's perforated, then that's the reason. The small holes work in the
same way the dimples in a golf ball work, by creating small vorticis.
These tiny tornados, in concert, create a slippery air bubble around the
saddle, increasing aerodynamics and reducing thigh friction.

Good show!

My bicycle shoes need new shoestrings. And I am slow so I need to go faster.
What should I look for? Wool, carbon fiber, cotton? Smooth surface or
textured? Round or flat? Metal or plastic little things that clamp the end of
the shoestring the name of which I have forgotten? Do I need to go custom or
ready made? Too long or way too long? What color? What weight?

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:28:05 -0800, Ed wrote:

Metal or plastic little things that
clamp the end of the shoestring the name of which I have forgotten?

Aglet is what it's called.

One solution is to save some grams by removing the aglet, and melting the
end of the lace with a flame. This only works with synthetics of course.

Smarter still is to go with a velcro shoe, but make sure you get the kind
that once tightened expose only loops in the excess regions as the hooks
tend to grab the airstream quite tenaciously.

The best solution is to gaffer-tape your bare feet to a set of rubber
block pedals, but as I garner from you tone, you're probably not ready for
this level of commitment quite yet.