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 be towards the left as that seems to be > where the more pronounced indentation as the saddle breakes in is > noticeable. > > Now, regarding the Berthoud saddles, I sent an e-mail to Bill Laine at > Wallingford Bicycle Parts who explained they are aware of the issue > and that Mr. Berthoud is working or has a solution for it. The thing > is that the rails are just inserted into the plastic nose tip and rear > section but there isn't anything physically holidng it there other > than the leather cover. So, expanding the rails to seat them properly > on a seat post is a non-issue, but sometimes the saddles twist. He > suggested I contact directly Mr. Berthoud to see how he was going to > address this issue and Mr. Berthoud responded stating that he was > indeed aware of the issue and was going to send me a fix. A few hours > later Bill e-mailed me stating that the Berthoud dealer in California > had the parts needed and he was going to ship them to me. The solution > is a brace that clamps to the rails to prevent the twisting. I > requested two so I can prevent this from happening on the second > saddle I just installed on the Homer. As soon as I get them, probably > in 1-2 weeks I'll post photos.
So, what about the rest of us? Any discussion about retrofits for the installed base? I have a new one in the box... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
