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| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
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| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
2898.0. "Do flite saddles wear out too fast?" by SWAM2::BURDICK_JI () Fri Jan 06 1995 11:37
After 10 years, my trusty Turbo saddle is about to bite the dust.
After reading reviews and comments in the notes files, I am considering
3 saddles - a Turbomatic, Flite, and Flite Max (the new suspended,
more padded Flite). I'm leaning toward the Flite Max.
When I'm being good, I ride 100-150 miles per week.
My concern is I have heard rumors that the Flite and Max wear very
quickly in the cutout area up by the nose. My legs rub the saddle
quite a bit as it is, so I'd hate to wear a saddle out in a year.
Any experience with this? Any comment? Thanks.
Jim
| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2898.1 | Flite Saddle | WARNUT::PAVERD | | Fri Jan 06 1995 12:19 | 8 |
| Hi,
That was certainly the case with mine. It lasted about 12 months
and began showing signs of wear after only 1 month.
Hope this helps
Dave
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| 2898.2 | | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Fri Jan 06 1995 13:27 | 5 |
| I'm going on my third year with one I had on my Merlin 1 season
and moved it to my MTB 2 seasons (total 3). My guess is it's got
6k miles and it's still going. No wear thru...
Chip
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| 2898.3 | mine is fine | AKOCOA::BJOHNSON | | Mon Jan 09 1995 13:35 | 3 |
| over 3000 miles on mine and it still looks new!
bob
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| 2898.4 | Mine isn't... | USCTR1::VINCENT | | Mon Jan 09 1995 16:59 | 4 |
| I must have a tough butt....I seem to wear them out quickly. On my
MTB, they wear out even faster.
I like the fit however, so I put up with the short life span.
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| 2898.5 | Another "yes" for Flite | ALFA1::FAIR | | Fri Jan 20 1995 10:59 | 3 |
| You're getting a mixed response. I won't help. Two years later I
still love the Flite. Only slightly less comfortable than the Sella
San Marco Rolls at half the weight.
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