ps - I weigh 210 and would not ride that saddle. The bend and straighten potentially puts the saddle into the low cycle fatigue regime.
On Friday, July 5, 2013 7:17:04 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: > > I have heard Selle is very generous in their warranty replacement. I > would be contacting them, just because its worth a shot. > > On Friday, July 5, 2013 12:58:00 AM UTC-5, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: >> >> I did an endo on my Sam a few weeks ago, described below if anyone is >> interested. >> Saddle is Selle Anatomica mounted on a VO 2-bolt seatpost with lots of >> setback. >> The rails of the saddle got pretty bent but I was able to readjust the >> angles and position to where I like it. >> There is a bit of up and down play if I push the back of the saddle with >> my hand, but for all I know it was always like that. >> Is this OK or should I be looking for a new saddle? >> >> Jay >> >> Circumstances of endo, if anyone is interested: >> 1. Infrastructure - 2 way bike lane next to a fast interurban road, 1 >> lane in each direction, clearly marked with freshly painted bikes and >> arrows every 100 feet or so >> 2. Me - Downhill in the correct lane at 25 mph on my Sam. 2nd day with >> the Albas and proper levers for v-brakes which replaced the Tektro hack for >> road bars and v-s >> 3. Obstacle - Some dude riding uphill straight at me in the wrong lane. >> Guess he didn't understand the meaning of the freshly painted white arrows >> every 100 feet? >> 4. Result - "hey" -> nothing, I move left, he moves right, I hit brakes >> too hard and flip, collision avoided, me on pavement >> 5. Injuries - nothing major, I was a bit banged up and sore for a few >> weeks after but after a short rest I rode the rest of the way to work and >> cleaned up there >> Unfortunately, as far as I know there is no video of what must have been >> a very impressive somersault. >> > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
