That's gratifying to hear. I've been riding SA-As for six years, and I'm still a little disoriented by the Great Saddle Shortening of 2013, when the original design dropped 25mm (330 to 305), and then lost length again in 2014 (305 to 285). I was used to that long nose; now it's sized like a Brooks with a long cutout. In addition to giving you more repositioning room, the longer saddle was weird-looking enough to discourage theft.
Also, I wish they'd bring back the Watershed leather in Golden. The Vintage Tru-leather is a reasonable color match for Brooks honey and VO elkhide macchiato, but SA-A's saddle sauce is a thoroughly inadequate water prevention treatment. I ordered a shiny-new saddle in last December's annual Xmas sale ($99 a saddle), sauced it up per the instructions, and then Stormageddon hit in the Bay Area - the one big rain event we've had in the last year. I got water blisters all over the saddle, and took it off to dry out. It's still in my parts box, while the previous year's non-matchy mahogany Watershed has gone back on. I am not amused. A saddle that falls apart in the rain, when you make another saddle that can withstand Biblical floods - that's not exactly touring-friendly. Peter "human interface fascist" Adler Berkeley, CA/USA On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:08:36 PM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote: > > I finally spoke with Selle Anatomica. Turns out I wasn't the only one > frustrated, and they now offer a base with longer rails. It isn't listed, > and it isn't standard, but at least its available. Also, Carol - Tom's > sister - is still running the company and handling customer service. > -- 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/d/optout.
