| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 538.1 | | AKOV11::POLLARD | | Mon Feb 08 1988 11:21 | 1 |
| No problems here, but then again, I only weigh 145.
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| 538.2 | What's 100 grams? | CIMNET::MJOHNSON | Matt Johnson | Mon Feb 08 1988 12:19 | 5 |
| I used one for a couple of years without problems (I'm 185 lbs).
Steel isn't as harsh-riding as alloy.
MATT
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| 538.3 | reporting fine luck so far... | SUSHI::KMACDONALD | Got any ICE you need climbed? | Mon Feb 08 1988 12:23 | 7 |
| I've had 2 Bikecology saddles with alloy rails for 5-6 years, no
problems. I weigh 180+. I've seen some saddles (Ideale) where the alloy
rails needed a different seat clamp/post, I'd avoid those. The only
thing I can think of as a drawback is they could bend up pretty easily
in a hard crash, but I haven't crashed hard recently...
ken
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| 538.4 | is 3 ounces really worth it???? | AQUA::OCONNOR | The law dont want no gear-gammer | Mon Feb 08 1988 13:07 | 10 |
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I had an alloy rail saddle which broke during a club race back in
1980. That was the end of alloy rail saddles for me. I have to
second the earlier question, what good is shedding 100 grams? If
you were shedding 100 grams on the wheels it would probably be worth
it, but shedding that small an ammount of weight at the saddle is
not going to mean anything. BTW If your saddle fails in a sprint,
like mine did, it can be pretty hairy.
Joe
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| 538.5 | another opinion | RETORT::SCHNARE | CHARLIE SCHNARE | Mon Feb 08 1988 18:34 | 9 |
| Re; .4
I had a similar experience while racing in the Harvard RR. One of
the rails broke during the long climb on the back side of the course.
Every racer I lamented with told me to use a steel railed saddle.
I believe that racers would most likely put a lot more stress on
a saddle which was why I received the advice I got. While racing
I would never race with an alloy saddle,its not worth the risk.
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