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 love Brooks, but the Berthoud is hands-down a better saddle for me. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Mojo <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 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 saddle to make it extremely rigid. > > > > As Bill explained it, the rails are held by the pressure of the leather > and > > that is what makes the saddles prone to the twisting. With this stiffener > > the problem is completely solved. He said these pieces were going to be > > included with all new saddles, but I'm not sure if they already are. > > > > Photos are posted: *http://tinyurl.com/3edmlo9* > > The link should take you to the first one where you see both halves of > the > > stiffener, click next to see the upper half in place and then next again > to > > see the full assembly. > > > > I'm completely satisfied with this solution and keep on loving these > > saddles. > > > > René > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
