I was wondering why my bib shorts have been snagging on the right side the last few weeks. This is why. I noticed today that my fat butt has weakened the plastic on the right side of my specialized toupe saddle.
I liked this saddle. I've had it for a while, but favored my semi-custom cedesius saddle until the Jeff Cup crash bent the titanium rails on that saddle. It's interesting because some of the Bicycle Pro Shop in Georgetown said that the specialized toupe would eventually fail, it's just what it does. It did!
This saddle hasn't been in any crashes and I'm not too fat...What to do now. A year or two ago I did Competitive Cyclist's saddle demo program, so I'll look back at that blog post to see which one was my favorite. I think it was the Selle Italia SLR Gel Flow. I'm also going to try to bend back the cedesius, but not sure if the carbon is compromised by the Jeff Cup crash. I do like the specialized toupe, so maybe I'll look into getting another one, but a white one instead of black.
Great group ride today with NCVC. I think I burned the one match I have the days on Anglers hill. It was tough with my heart rate around 184-186 on the way up, but I was hanging kind of close to the front, but definitely couldn't hang with the first 3-4 guys crushing it.
Here is the ride: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11770464
2 comments:
Adding to my series of comments on your blog... good to know I'll have to get a new saddle soon, or eventually.
Lots of complaints about the very same thing. Mine hasn't died yet, but I asked at my LBS before I bought it and was told they'll replace it. I know a few people who have swapped the broken ones for new ones. Try to return it.
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