[RBW] Re: Bent saddle rails

2013-07-13 Thread Ron Mc
oops - you win Jay. The Selle certainly looks longer, but it doesn't look narrower - and it rides more invisible that any but a Well-worn B17 On Friday, July 12, 2013 3:28:30 PM UTC-5, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: I looked it up. 170 and 160 millimeters. -- You received this message because you

[RBW] Re: Bent saddle rails

2013-07-12 Thread Jay in Tel Aviv
Saddle is creaking so I called S-A. They very generously offered me a discounted price for a new one, which I happily accepted. It's on back order now which is fine with me. They suggested I try their new Truleather this time, which is apparently longer lasting but less waterproof. I'll report

[RBW] Re: Bent saddle rails

2013-07-12 Thread Ron Mc
I thought they were the same width, within 2mm On Friday, July 12, 2013 2:17:51 PM UTC-5, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: Saddle is creaking so I called S-A. They very generously offered me a discounted price for a new one, which I happily accepted. It's on back order now which is fine with me. They

[RBW] Re: Bent saddle rails

2013-07-12 Thread Jay in Tel Aviv
I looked it up. 170 and 160 millimeters. -- 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

[RBW] Re: Bent saddle rails

2013-07-05 Thread Ron Mc
I have heard Selle is very generous in their warranty replacement. I would be contacting them, just because its worth a shot. On Friday, July 5, 2013 12:58:00 AM UTC-5, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: I did an endo on my Sam a few weeks ago, described below if anyone is interested. Saddle is

[RBW] Re: Bent saddle rails

2013-07-05 Thread Ron Mc
ps - I weigh 210 and would not ride that saddle. The bend and straighten potentially puts the saddle into the low cycle fatigue regime. On Friday, July 5, 2013 7:17:04 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: I have heard Selle is very generous in their warranty replacement. I would be contacting them,

[RBW] Re: Bent saddle rails

2013-07-05 Thread Deacon Patrick
I am glad you are OK and all injuries were minor. I second Ron's input that the saddle is shot. On a possible lessons to learn note -- have you practiced your emergency hard stop lately? Per Sheldon: Jobst Brandt has a quite plausible theory that the typical over-the-bars crash is caused, not