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Selecting a new saddle
Nick Kew wrote:
In article , one of infinite monkeys at the keyboard of "MSeries" wrote: Your bum will be sore until it adapts to the new saddle, I've ridden enough saddles to disagree. One I had in my youth was always painful (dug right in to the bones). Others have ranged from neutral to nice. Also noticable was the time when I had two tourers; both saddles were OK comfortwise but one wore through the trousers far quicker than the other. just like new shoes are. Not mine, unless I make a bad mistake buying them. Not even the heavy mountaineering boots (bought in a small village high in the Italian Alps) caused serious soreness. much trouble, ones backside will mould itself to the saddle, at least mine has, takes some time though. The trick is to ride regularly so your backside does not soften up and change saddles rarely. It's not so much the soft bits... not even the vitals if I wear pants that hold them up safely. -- The Reply & From email addresses are checked rarely. http://www.mseries.freeserve.co.uk |
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Peter Clinch wrote:
MSeries wrote: Your bum will be sore until it adapts to the new saddle Not the case with my saddles. are. I have never agonised over choosing a saddle. I have a Rolls San Marco, Selle Italia Turbo and Flite Titianium. Don't really see why folk have so much trouble, ones backside will mould itself to the saddle, at least mine has, takes some time though. So rather than agonise over choosing it, you agonised over sitting on it for a while instead. I think I prefer my way! Pete. So please let the OP know how to choose the saddle that will fit him perfectly from day 1. How did you choose yours ? Me ? I use trial and error. |
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:12:15 +0000, (Nick
Kew) wrote: How do I go about selecting a saddle "blind", without risking a sore bum? Say goodbye to sore arse misery with New! IMPROVED! Recumbent... Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://chapmancentral.demon.co.uk |
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
... On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:12:15 +0000, (Nick Kew) wrote: How do I go about selecting a saddle "blind", without risking a sore bum? Say goodbye to sore arse misery with New! IMPROVED! Recumbent... Sore bums and 'bents? I'm wondering if this news group is suitable family entertainment! ;-) ___ Michael MacClancy |
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MSeries wrote:
So please let the OP know how to choose the saddle that will fit him perfectly from day 1. How did you choose yours ? Me ? I use trial and error. Trial and error is the way, but if you do it *before* you buy the saddle on short trips it's a lot cheaper than if you have an "error". A good shop may let you take it back after a week or so as well (a friend had this offer from Velo Ecosse with a Terry racing saddle, though she liked it and kept it). Pete. -- Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Nick Kew wrote:
You haven't seen the space it doesn't have to live in. Or indeed the budget I don't have to not buy it with. Or even the non-roads I frequently don't have to ride it on. Space and budget are pretty fundamental, but for future reference note that 'bents aren't necessarily congenitally hopeless on comedy roads. On the really rough stuff forget it, yes, but a typical estate or landy track is usually fine (not as easy as an MTB, but if it's only part of a larger trip not a problem). I live on a non-road and it gets up and down that okay. Pete. -- Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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"Patrick Herring" wrote in message The point about Brooks saddles, in case the OP was wondering, is that they /are/ hard, relatively, but the leather gets to be shaped exactly right which gives you a much more even pressure across the said geometry, which is much more comfortable on long rides and just generally. You have to look after the leather though. I neglected mine badly for its whole life (20+ years) and it basically survived OK. Although it didn't in all honesty get a huge amount of miles on it for the last 15 of those years. The bike even sat idle outside for a year, to the extent that I had to cut the plants off it when I moved. I've had to clean mould off the saddle more than once as well. This obviously isn't to be taken as a recommendation on how to treat Brooks saddles, but just an indication that they're not that delicate. I've now bought a brand spanking titanium one for my new bike which I intend to look after rather better ! Hywel |
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"Hywel & Ros" wrote:
| | "Patrick Herring" wrote in message The point about | Brooks saddles, in case the OP was wondering, is that | they /are/ hard, relatively, but the leather gets to be shaped exactly | right which gives you a much more even pressure across the said | geometry, which is much more comfortable on long rides and just | generally. You have to look after the leather though. | | | I neglected mine badly for its whole life (20+ years) and it basically | survived OK. Although it didn't in all honesty get a huge amount of miles on | it for the last 15 of those years. The bike even sat idle outside for a | year, to the extent that I had to cut the plants off it when I moved. I've | had to clean mould off the saddle more than once as well. This obviously | isn't to be taken as a recommendation on how to treat Brooks saddles, but | just an indication that they're not that delicate. Worth knowing. -- Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK http://www.anweald.co.uk |
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