I put the SAA on as I had done a 200k earlier this year with no ill-effect. I have the Pearl on another bike, and at this point think it would be fine for the long ride, but didn't want to move it. The SAA is awesome out of the box with the only downside that it stretches - I've tightened this one a couple times already, and it's even the Titanico X model built for clydesdales (I weigh in at 160lbs). I think these saddles are a bit like good tires - they have a limited lifespan. It may stop stretching, and I'll be good with it for the next 10 yrs - hard to say.
Brian Seattle, WA Brian Hanson Seattle, WA On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM, john <johnco...@comcast.net> wrote: > Brian, I'm curious about your saddle choice for the long ride. Over on > your blog you discussed softening a Pearl saddle with success. I can't > quite tell from the pictures, but it looks like you chose to ride a SAA for > the long ride. Is the Pearl still working for you? Not as well as you'd > like? I'm curious about the break-in, and longer term use. > > Thanks for the pictures and words; they are inspirational. > John > > > On Sunday, August 4, 2013 7:08:33 PM UTC-7, stonehog wrote: > >> I just finished a great 300k in Whatcom county (furthermost north/west >> part of WA state), and my ride goal for 2013. It was my longest ride, and >> my first 300k. The first 60 miles led to a 5000' climb to "Artist's Point" >> flic.kr/s/aHsjA7EhD5 **nestled between Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuksan. It was >> brutal but beautiful climbing up to the clouds and snow! From there, we >> headed back down on an amazing (and fast) descent the way we came up. I >> stopped to take some pics I missed on the way up, filled up on coconut >> water, and then headed north through blueberry and raspberry fields to the >> Canadian border, and West to Peace Arch Park at the border crossing and the >> Pacific Ocean. After a nice jaunt along the coast, we headed back home. I >> suffered on the last 100k with a left knee that wasn't cooperating, and a >> front derailer that broke after the Baker climb, but I mustered that last >> 50 miles and enjoyed the feeling of pulling in after a full day of awesome >> scenery in perfect weather! >> >> Pix proved it happened: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHhzZyg >> >> Brian Hanson >> Seattle, WA >> > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
