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- From: chris@carnival.lbl.gov (Chris Moll)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
- Subject: Re: Selle Italia Flite saddle
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:01:07 GMT
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- Jobst Brandt writes:
- >The principal savings
- >in weight is that it has no cheeks. The cheeks of a saddle are not
- >there as a styling whim but serve a purpose during various bicycling
- >maneuvers.
-
- I found the Flite to be too soft, which caused me saddle sores, and I kept
- hearing comments about poor durability. (Plus I'm opposed to Ti for
- philosophical reasons - perhaps an unfortunate association between the
- metal and wankers :-) ) But I never missed the "cheeks" (nor did I notice
- their return when I went back to my Concor, which is unusually "cheeky").
-
- Brandt continues:
- >When switching
- >back to the regular saddle It occurred to me that I had forgotten to
- >notice the difference in contrast to the Flite. I think that is the
- >true test of saddle comfort.
-
- Perhaps I misunderstood - are you saying you didn't notice the
- difference between the Flite and your regular saddle? If so, that
- is a testament in favor of the Flite, since the whole idea is that
- it offers the _same_ comfort with less weight (despite its cheeklessness).
- Had I found this to be so I would still have it.
-
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- Chris Moll (510)486-7891
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