Re: all the follow up questions about premature wear. The leather gets stretched and broken in way to fast. They go from being hard as a rock to super broken in within a half a year, and then instead of just staying broken in, they start to break down. In other words, the saddle becomes to hammock'd out to be usable. I've personally had 3 do it, before I caught the hint, and had it happen on a number of customer saddles as well, again to the point that I stopped selling them. Additionally the finish on the leather would crack and flake. Again, I've seen a few that have lasted. I am drawn to the saddles, and want them to work. It's more comfortable, before they become unusable, than a Brooks, for me and many folks. But I can't get behind an expensive product that wears out in a spectacularly short period of time.
I have no idea of Rene Herse knows about it. Obviously their success rate with them is high enough that they can keep selling them. Mine was not, so I don't! -james @ analog cycles On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 8:24:45 AM UTC-4, David Wadstrup wrote: > > I really like Berthoud saddles. The Mente to me is the best saddle for > very upright riding positions. Mainly because I don't have to ride with > the nose super high like I do with the Brooks. I also like the Aspin for > bikes with drop bars. I've been wondering, though, what the > Soulor/Galibier is like. It's a narrower, racier saddle. Does anyone here > have any experience with this saddle? Is it too narrow? Noticeably less > comfortable than the Aspin? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
