[RBW] Feeling the Rivets

2018-04-27 Thread Deacon Patrick
John, I do the same with my saddles, though I don’t feel the rivets (I ride a Rivet Diablo and a Berthod Apin). I’m comfortable with my saddle exactly where it is, and simply shift positions for long steady climbing (no pace lines for me though), compared with cruising or descending. Perhaps try

[RBW] Feeling the Rivets

2018-04-27 Thread Joe Bernard
All my B17’s are Specials with the hammered copper rivets..I don't feel them even if I'm sitting on them. If you have the regular small rivets and they're sticking up because the leather is sagging, there isn't much you can do besides get a new saddle. -- You received this message because you

[RBW] Feeling the Rivets

2018-04-27 Thread ted
I would think you might want more saddle setback -- 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 th

[RBW] Feeling the Rivets

2018-04-27 Thread John Hawrylak
I use a B17, and when I climb or pedal hard (paceline), I tend to move back on the B17 and feel the rivets. What does this indicates My bars are at saddle height my knee is about 10mm below the pedal spindle. The saddle height is 9.5 to 10 cm less than PBH. John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ -- You