Well, that's an elegant solution. Congratulations.
My Bertoud touring is straight and true after ~600 miles.
I think it is overtaking the B17 as my favorite saddle.
On Apr 27, 11:20 pm, Rene Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote:
Update on Berthoud Saddle twisting problem...
The solution piece
I have a new Berthoud Aspin where the rails were too close together and I
had to stretch them to fit into the seatpost clamp. Would you guys say I'm
susceptible to this twisting problem and should track down one these these
aluminum rail clamps?
I'll also echo my love for this saddle. I used to
I had to do the same on both my saddles and both Bill and Mr. Berthoud said
it is normal and inconsequential since the rails are just held into the
plastic ends by the leather top so there is transversal flexibility.
Obviously, the stiffener will spread the rails to the correct width but the
main
Update on Berthoud Saddle twisting problem...
The solution piece was mailed to me by Bill from Wallingford Bikes (one
for each of my saddles) and I proceeded to install it as instructed. It's
actually a very simple solution, very light as it's made of aluminum and it
instantly stiffened the
Either way.. if it's not all but many, and needs to be fixed.. it's still
defective. It's not your riding style or any riders technique at fault. So
they need to fix all saddles or better yet recall them.
Kelly
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Hi all,
Thank you very much for all the responses and suggestions. I'm quite eager
to try the one about turning the saddle nose slightly in the direction of
the seat bone that bears more weight, which if I understood correctly would
be towards the left as that seems to be where the more
On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 19:55 -0600, Rene Sterental wrote:
Hi all,
Thank you very much for all the responses and suggestions. I'm quite
eager to try the one about turning the saddle nose slightly in the
direction of the seat bone that bears more weight, which if I
understood correctly would
I don't think this is necessarily happening to all the Berthoud saddles but
to a few of them. Otherwise we would have all heard of it by now. However,it
has happened to enough saddles for Mr. Berthoud to work out a fix and I'm
pretty sure, start working on an improved design for the frame or just
I'm not sure if it is the same thing you're experiencing, but my
leather saddles always break-in a little bit lop-sided to the left.
The frames stay straight though; just the leather gets a bit
asymmetrical.
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Rene, it seems that the rails have twisted. At least that is the only thing
in my mind that makes sense. I am not a saddle designer but there may be
something about your riding position on the saddle that causes it to twist
like that that. The rails that stretch and support your bottom from
Rene:
I experienced something similar once with a Brooks B17... After only a
short period (maybe 2-3 months of mild break in), a friend noticed my
saddle sat rather askew, and I then realized it definitely was
lopsided... I sent photos to the retailer, who warranted it as
defective, but stil made
Rene,
It may or may not be relevant to the twist in your Berthoud saddle,
but I also found that my old B17 had broken in asymmetrically, and I
tended to have much more pressure and discomfort on one side. Part of
that may come from my having broken my right ischial tuberosity (sit
bone) back in
Rene -
That doesn't look right at all. Reminds me of the way my Avocets
would fail back in mtb days, when I had to push the saddle all the way
back. It usually took a good crash or three to bend 'em like that,
but something isn't holding together properly.
That being said, every saddle I ride
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