I'm not sure what the cause is, but my Flyer experienced a similar change in attitude. It went visibly "nose up" after a year of riding (~2000 miles). Part of that was how the saddle sagged more in the middle as it wore in, for sure.
A couple months ago I carefully punched some holes in the bottom of the skirts, and laced them together (I used a rotary punch <http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/3230.JPG>, and a shoelace). That reduced sag in the middle, and some of the apparent "nose up". But I still had to rotate the saddle a couple bumps forward on the stem. I have no measurements to back it up, but I experienced the same phenomenon. On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 10:32 PM, lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have ridden it in great comfort on it for the last year. Both cycling > shorts and regular shorts and pants. > > Suddenly, I am getting some annoying perennial pressure and I am out of > ideas as to what to do about it. More so with cycling shorts, and feels > better when just regular pants. > > It started the day after a 27-mile light rain ride, but the saddle didn't > get wet as I had a bag on it. I figured that maybe the wet atmosphere of > the long ride made the leather change a little. But the leather looks the > same. I have fenders, so there shouldn't have been spray from the tires, > either. I tensioned the saddle ever so gently. > The saddle has been getting loose feeling anyway over the last few months > and readily bows to thumb pressure testing, though it always felt great to > ride. But tensioning didn;t make a noticeable diff as far as I can tell. > > So I checked it out, and the saddle height went down a smidge and the > angle changed about .6 degrees, nose up, over the last year from the > original set up. I readjusted everything back to where it was. Better, but > not perfect like before. > > I can't think of what else it could be. The bike is all set up the same, > as far as I can tell. My only last thought as to what it might be: > > *Maybe the Flyer springs don't stand as tall after a year of riding and so > the saddle need to have the nose lowered more than normal to get the angle > right? Do the springs lose a little height after a while that the back end > of the saddle wouldn't be as high even though I got the angle back to where > it was all along?* > > Anyone have any ideas or know what causes this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
