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- From: chris@carnival.lbl.gov (Chris Moll)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
- Subject: Re: Selle Italia Flite saddle
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 18:45:49 GMT
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California
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- Larry Denys writes:
- >Chris Moll writes:
- >|>A 150lb. friend had his Flite bottom out after a month or so of riding.
- >|>So I sold mine to another, 160lb. friend :-)
- >
- > I would like to know if this was road or mountain riding, and in
- >what weather conditions. Mine has been used for almost four thousand
- >miles on the road and its still fine. I weigh 150 lbs.
-
- This was on a road bike, in good weather conditions. There's nothing
- unusual about his riding style.
-
- When you perform tests-to-failure, you tend to see a wide range of
- failure points.
-
- Since saddle failure represents about the least dangerous
- or even obnoxious form of component failure you can have on a bike
- (you ride home standing), I don't think it's all that unreasonable
- to gamble that you'll be on the better side of the failure curve
- - provided you can afford the expense.
-
- Titanium stem bolts/quick releases, on the other hand...
-
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- Chris Moll (510)486-7891
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