Your lacing job looks great! The laced SA looks like a wider, cut out version of a Swift (Swifts look great IMO). Congrats on having the nerve to take a drill to such a pricey saddle.
I have had my SA Titanico Watershed for a couple of weeks now, and I find myself thinking about exactly the same modification because of the way the skirts tend to rub my thighs. I don't think it's a matter of the SA losing its figure as much as it never having had the same skirt profile as a Brooks. My various Brookses have a much more defined 'crease' around the perimeter, and the skirts are much more vertical than those of the SA so they stay out of the way a little better. I wrote to SA to ask about the pressure points I had on my inner thighs from the skirts. Here is their response: [quote]Regarding saddle pressure points on both sides, try lower the seat post 1 cm at a time. Ride long enough to feel the effects. We have also found a few instances where folks had over tightened tension which created a similar issue. The entire saddle surface area, particularly the front 2/3 of overall length were methodically designed over a period of years to provide flexible soft tissue support and an invisible contact, meaning the slot and saddle sides edges did not want to make themselves known. Regards, Tom Milton MCM Selle An-Atomica, Inc. 707.372.6540 [/quote] I interpret that as "It's supposed to be like that". I rode 20 + miles on the SA today to play with position. My instinct on a Brooks has always been to sit as far back on the saddle as possible to minimize perineal pressure. It seems I have to sit much further forward on the SA to keep the skirts from rubbing my inner thighs. Moving it back a good 2 cm (long rails on these puppies!) and scooting forward a bit got me sitting on a narrower part of the saddle; dropping the seatpost a few mm and tilting the nose back down a tad to compensate help make things more comfortable. I'm about 1/2 way back on the tension screw after 110 miles or so. The softer leather (mine is a standard, not a Clydesdale) and cutout nose of the SA do help relieve a lot of pressure. I don't feel the edges of the slot at all. The SA is very nice on the sit bones. Getting back on a Brooks after the SA, I feel a LOT of pressure in the area where the SA is cut out. I may wind up having one or more of my Brooks saddles modified by SA - they will do the cutout and laminate the leather to prevent stretching out for about $50. I wonder how a cut out Velo Orange Model 6 saddle would feel? http://www.velo-orange.com/vosaddlemodel6.html Bill On Jan 17, 7:08 pm, Chris Halasz <chal...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you haven't tried one, or if you have, and like many, found the > saddle splayed a bit in the center, I had experienced the same. Note > how it had lost its 'figure', as compared with a Brooks B-17CS: > > http://flickr.com/photos/sea-fisherman/3205439336/ > > I stitched it up (it is, BTW, the WC model): > > http://flickr.com/photos/sea-fisherman/3205439196/ > > http://flickr.com/photos/sea-fisherman/3204591917/ > > And now it is FINE! > > http://flickr.com/photos/sea-fisherman/3204591881/ > > By far, the most comfortable saddle I've experienced. > > Cheers, > > Chris > Tucson, AZ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
