seat weight saving ?
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i think that it is a good place to save weight as long as you havn't had any problems with bending cromo rails in the first place. my slr seat has been through some dirt jump accidents when i let my friend borrow it. i've never bent one though.
i have one of those carbon/ti wtb devo seats. i like it, really light with enough padding
SDG I-fly, no brainer
ti rails creak, go i fly
I've had good luck with Ti rails. I go through one seat a season at most, so it's a justifiable place to shed some weight for me. I refuse to put ibeam on my bikes.
another vote for an I-Fly. I have had good luck with them.
who uses seats these days
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Tioga makes a light and reasonably priced saddle...and I think its cool looking
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/SA408A00-Tioga+Spyder+Saddle.aspx
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/SA408A00-Tioga+Spyder+Saddle.aspx
I-FlyC. Worth the padding. I cut open my sack earlier this year on an I-Fly. Not pretty. Not joking.
I found my Sette Ti railed seat on ebay last year for $25.
I have both ti and magnesium railed fizik's on my bikes. They work great.
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I love the colors on that bike
That's just beautiful.I have both ti and magnesium railed fizik's on my bikes. They work great.
I roll with a WTB Laser V Ti with a Thomson Masterpiece post. Featherweight for me with enough padding to not to what Rose did......
Thanks, last year's bike. This year's is in the process of clearing customs as we speak and should be here shortly. Customs + air cargo is a pain in the ass.
I say I-fly.
Partially because I have one, and it was a huge noticable difference from the post and seat compared to my original railed post and seat.
Partially because I have one, and it was a huge noticable difference from the post and seat compared to my original railed post and seat.
ive had bad luck with the fizik ti railed seat the cp one with the gel in the middle, it got ripped to shreds in a few crashes, got bent, bent it back, then i got it recovered in some really hard but budda soft grey leather, got another half a season on it and then i was just riding along after a drop and i feel something hit my leg and my bike so i sit down (bad idea) and stab my package on the rails. turns out the little miniscule screw that hold on the front of the seat ripped thru the plastic. so i ran the seat strapped up with hockey tape for the rest of the year.
thats my experience with fizik and i just dont think there worth the money after that.
i was going to go for a ibeam setup, but i decided to just grab a percy seat and throw it on my thomson.
right now im thinking sell italia slr or something of the like they aren't to pricy.
thats my experience with fizik and i just dont think there worth the money after that.
what seat is that?
i was going to go for a ibeam setup, but i decided to just grab a percy seat and throw it on my thomson.
right now im thinking sell italia slr or something of the like they aren't to pricy.
I have both ti and magnesium railed fizik's on my bikes. They work great.
wow I din't know you could mount a front derailleur on those....D
You can't really. The 223DD you could, but with the 224, they lowered the swingarm too much to make it feasible anymore unless you use a BB mount derrailleur...then you can, barely. Why you would want to is another question though...
My bike was pre production (I picked it up in august the year before) and it had all sorts of whacky goodness going on.
ok I was looking into possibly getting a Patriot FR...just thought it was interesting that their full on DH rig came with a front der. mount...D
Don, if you need a bike in north america, gimme a call, i can probably help you out.
will do...I often thought about buying one of your used rigs but they're just to small....lol...D
Heh...new title for Transcend... 'eMidget'
which is funny since you can buy them from pricepoint for $20.
Ti railed seats are the way to go thought, if nothing else they are so uncomfortable that they remind you to stand up and pedal
How tall are you? My 6' guys were on the same frame as me. This year I have a 6'4" guy and he is on the extra-gigantor model.
5'10"...I need about a 22.5 TT and when I looked up the measurements of the small...it's just too short...D