This is the 30K mile Flite from which I removed original and very tattered cover, and the padding came off with it. I covered the plastic base with nice, nickel-thick leather.
A few more miles on the skin-covered nylon base. I was telling myself when I started out this afternoon that, "I would not want to ride this on a century" -- it's definitely harder than with the ~5 mm of padding that came on it originally, but -- interesting -- while it can intrude on the sit bones, the shape is just right, unlike, say, the original Turbo and, oddly enough, a couple of Flites I've owned, which seem too "rounded" and therefore intrusive. This has the perfect flat rearmost part. I had to squirm a bit to get the sit bones comfortable -- and this may be due to the baggy nylon boxers and khaki shorts I was wearing and our present high humidity -- but afterward the saddle seemed to "disappear". Odd: I rode in the aforementioned khaki shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, but among all the riders out on this our first sunny day after a week of heavy rain, the only others wearing "street" clothes were those on squeaking WalMart pseudo mountain bikes. Everyone else, even casual riders on flat-bar'd hybrids, are wearing lycra shorts and tops. (I must say that I did wish for a trimmer-fitting top, as I rode into a headwind with the size L shirt flapping around me. But I'll trade comfort for aero any day, at least for this sort of 10 out and 10 back ride.) Just two 10 mile segments (on the Riv to a party this afternoon). More testing to come. -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
