Re: [RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
I just got a Hunqa w/ a sprung Brooks and can comfortably ride it w/ regular shorts, no padding etc. That being said, on a B-17 et al, try taking some tension out of it at first and then cranking in the turns as needed. Conforms to your bones a bit easier. Don't forget the Proofide from time to time. YMMV. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:11 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Damn, every time I get on a Brooks-type saddle, I regret that I can't get comfortable on them, particularly the B17 and copies; even the Pro was sub-par. The best I've ridden was a wide-ass, sprung saddle on a hotrodded Electra Ticino fixie, but I was sitting bolt upright on that. I might have to buy a roadster just so that I can have at least one comfortable Brooks. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:25 AM, robert zeidler zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote: Looks damn comfy to me Ever see a 30 year old B17 or Pro? It's like putting on your favorite pair of jeans. RGZ -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
Looks damn comfy to me Ever see a 30 year old B17 or Pro? It's like putting on your favorite pair of jeans. RGZ On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:20 PM, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote: Thanks for the replies and education, quite helpful. Minh, here are some pictures I took midway through the ride - - showing the beginnings of a good dip in the saddle. The sag was 100% deeper by the end of the ride: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/sets/72157626675219389/ and, here's a pic of the Roadeo, with the same model SA, on the same ride, at the same spot, and you can see how level the saddle surface looks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/5382388796/in/set-72157625765337223/ So, after reading the collective responses to my initial post, I rode, tightened the saddle, rode some more, tightened some more, until it felt and looked right. It is amazing how much the thing had sagged. Apparently, they come from the factory without much tension. I probably cranked three to four full turns on the adjustment bolt, and now it's almost fully level, and pretty comfortable. I am a long-time user of Brooks saddles, and for now I'm still of the opinion that the SA is more comfortable (for my idiosyncratic dimensions). I am as suprised as Jim that I have not tightened the one on the Roadeo. We have a 7 to 8 hour ride planned for Memorial Day, so I'll have more data thereafter. RL -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
Damn, every time I get on a Brooks-type saddle, I regret that I can't get comfortable on them, particularly the B17 and copies; even the Pro was sub-par. The best I've ridden was a wide-ass, sprung saddle on a hotrodded Electra Ticino fixie, but I was sitting bolt upright on that. I might have to buy a roadster just so that I can have at least one comfortable Brooks. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:25 AM, robert zeidler zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote: Looks damn comfy to me Ever see a 30 year old B17 or Pro? It's like putting on your favorite pair of jeans. RGZ -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
Thanks for the replies and education, quite helpful. Minh, here are some pictures I took midway through the ride - - showing the beginnings of a good dip in the saddle. The sag was 100% deeper by the end of the ride: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/sets/72157626675219389/ and, here's a pic of the Roadeo, with the same model SA, on the same ride, at the same spot, and you can see how level the saddle surface looks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/5382388796/in/set-72157625765337223/ So, after reading the collective responses to my initial post, I rode, tightened the saddle, rode some more, tightened some more, until it felt and looked right. It is amazing how much the thing had sagged. Apparently, they come from the factory without much tension. I probably cranked three to four full turns on the adjustment bolt, and now it's almost fully level, and pretty comfortable. I am a long-time user of Brooks saddles, and for now I'm still of the opinion that the SA is more comfortable (for my idiosyncratic dimensions). I am as suprised as Jim that I have not tightened the one on the Roadeo. We have a 7 to 8 hour ride planned for Memorial Day, so I'll have more data thereafter. RL -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
I just had to send a new Titanico back to the factory for repair this week (a rivet wasn't fastened properly). I spoke with Tom's sister, Carol, who was very nice. She said that she and the rest of Tom's family are undergoing a steep learing curve to pick up the business and to keep it running in the year since the loss of Tom. She said its been particularly tough, since the rest of the family aren't really bikers. I'm sure the website is the last thing on their mind right now. (Plus, let's face it - it was never really that good to begin with.) On a better note, her service and willingness to stand behind the product was absolutely great - just as legend has suggested. I was also relieved to learn that they intend to keep the company running! This is my first Selle An-Atomica and, after trying it for just a few rides, I'm pretty sure that I could never buy another seat. ( It was endorsements like this that made me finally buy one in the first place.) Long story short, there's no need to hoarde. I AM interested in the sagging discussion though, and hearing of more experiences. Mine was already looking a bit sway-back too, after the brief period of use. Hadn't played with the tension yet though, but definitely will, as I don't like the hammock effect. I like to be ON the saddle, not IN it. (I fluxuate between 190 and 210 but tend to sit kind of lightly on the saddle, and got the clydesdale watershed model) On May 24, 6:51 pm, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote: It doesn't look like the S-A site has changed at all in some time. I don't think that whoever is running he company is paying any attention to the site. Bill On May 24, 9:09 am, Nick countrybicy...@gmail.com wrote: BTW - regarding Selle AnAtomica the company - Do any of you find it curious that their web page makes no mention of the founder's untimely death? I would expect that they would at least create a page dedicated to his legacy...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
Yea, it is after all just dead skin..and not every cow is the same. On May 23, 9:26 pm, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote: After just a few rides on a brand-new Selle Anatomica, it looks like our old mule (Gladys) with a deeply swayed back. The manufacturer's website seems to say, don't worry about the way this looks, just tighten it up a bit at a time until it's comfortable. I'm willing to follow the manufacturer's advice, but i'm pretty certain I've never seen a leather saddle sag and splay like this anytime in the last 30+ years of riding Ideales and Brooks. Moreover, I have what is supposed to be the identical saddle (different color) on my Roadeo, and have not had any sagging at all. Anyone else experience this with the Anatomicas, or have words of advice/wisdom? FWIW, I'm a Clyde and this is their Clyde model, ostensibly. thanks. RL -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
You can't expect the SA to act like a Brooks, it's not supposed to. It fits like a hammock. As long as you're not bouncing off of the top of the seatpost, it's not overstretched. Whether that's a feeling you like or not is up to you. I weigh 180, and mine is a non-Clyde. The sag stabilized with the bolt about 2/3 of the way out. I found I had too much inner thigh friction on mine, so I laced the skirts in. I also had to widen the slot (per the directions) to keep the rear flaps from overlapping. Bill On May 23, 9:26 pm, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote: After just a few rides on a brand-new Selle Anatomica, it looks like our old mule (Gladys) with a deeply swayed back. The manufacturer's website seems to say, don't worry about the way this looks, just tighten it up a bit at a time until it's comfortable. I'm willing to follow the manufacturer's advice, but i'm pretty certain I've never seen a leather saddle sag and splay like this anytime in the last 30+ years of riding Ideales and Brooks. Moreover, I have what is supposed to be the identical saddle (different color) on my Roadeo, and have not had any sagging at all. Anyone else experience this with the Anatomicas, or have words of advice/wisdom? FWIW, I'm a Clyde and this is their Clyde model, ostensibly. thanks. RL -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
Mine appeared to sag fast also. It is also very squeaky. I surmised that with the squeaks and the fast sagging I was actually inadvertently turning the adjustment bolt inward as I rode! I screwed the bolt all the way in to detach the nose from the bolt head, removed the bolt, heated it slightly with a torch and dipped it in bees wax. It does not move as readily and the squeak is mostly gone. The saddle is on my rigid SS 29er. I weight 170. I opted for the clydesdale with water shed as the saddle regularly gets wet from above and below and gets pounded pretty hard offroad! It has held up admirably over the two years I have ridden it on a fairly regular basis (fun and race mtb) I also have one on my fendered commuter that has many more miles than the mtb. Same wax treatment to the bolt. I may try to find a fixing nut for the adjuster bolt. BTW - regarding Selle AnAtomica the company - Do any of you find it curious that their web page makes no mention of the founder's untimely death? I would expect that they would at least create a page dedicated to his legacy... On May 23, 11:26 pm, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote: After just a few rides on a brand-new Selle Anatomica, it looks like our old mule (Gladys) with a deeply swayed back. The manufacturer's website seems to say, don't worry about the way this looks, just tighten it up a bit at a time until it's comfortable. I'm willing to follow the manufacturer's advice, but i'm pretty certain I've never seen a leather saddle sag and splay like this anytime in the last 30+ years of riding Ideales and Brooks. Moreover, I have what is supposed to be the identical saddle (different color) on my Roadeo, and have not had any sagging at all. Anyone else experience this with the Anatomicas, or have words of advice/wisdom? FWIW, I'm a Clyde and this is their Clyde model, ostensibly. thanks. RL -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
It doesn't look like the S-A site has changed at all in some time. I don't think that whoever is running he company is paying any attention to the site. Bill On May 24, 9:09 am, Nick countrybicy...@gmail.com wrote: BTW - regarding Selle AnAtomica the company - Do any of you find it curious that their web page makes no mention of the founder's untimely death? I would expect that they would at least create a page dedicated to his legacy... -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Inquiry re Sagging Selle AnAtomica
My S.A. stretched over 3 months of riding until I had the tension bolt extended to its maximum, at which point it stabilized. (I weigh 220 fwiw). It's certainly thinner leather than any Brooks or Ideale I've seen. I'm amazed that you have one that hasn't stretched. My experience is typical from every S.A. rider I know. On May 23, 9:26 pm, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote: After just a few rides on a brand-new Selle Anatomica, it looks like our old mule (Gladys) with a deeply swayed back. The manufacturer's website seems to say, don't worry about the way this looks, just tighten it up a bit at a time until it's comfortable. I'm willing to follow the manufacturer's advice, but i'm pretty certain I've never seen a leather saddle sag and splay like this anytime in the last 30+ years of riding Ideales and Brooks. Moreover, I have what is supposed to be the identical saddle (different color) on my Roadeo, and have not had any sagging at all. Anyone else experience this with the Anatomicas, or have words of advice/wisdom? FWIW, I'm a Clyde and this is their Clyde model, ostensibly. thanks. RL -- 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.
