I have to dissent on the aardvark. I ride to work, and from here sometimes to the courthouse a couple of blocks away. I'm in the habit of slipping the aardvark on when I lock the atlantis up at work for the brooks-camouflage reason -- the rack is inside the parking garage, so while theft is not much of a problem, the threat of rain is even less.
At the courthouse, although the bike rack sits in a covered spot, when it rains water works its way through a crack in the overhead trestles and just dumps on the racks. It's like the spot was selected for free bike washing / seat-cover testing. In any event, when I put the aardvark on there, my saddle gets wet. Not drenched, but not in my preferred dry state either. Saddle is one of the honey ones, so it's pretty obvious when the aardvark is less than effective. I picked up a Randi Jo Fab saddle cover after several instances of above. http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/s92.htm It's more of a hastle to slip on than the aardvark, what with the under-cover and all. It does a better job in the bike-washing rack at the courthouse -- no signs of leaks as yet. It did have an incident when I hit a spring deluge on the way home one day and the very tip of the saddle was damp. I suspect user error on that one, though -- you have to velcro the under and over covers together, and it's probably the case that I didn't get it done correctly. All that being said, when saddle camo is not in need, I like the Brooks-issued ones just fine too. -- 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.
