Sorry Ryan, I only know what you can read in those links. My guess is it's very close to the Brooks Swift/Swallow witch are great for a more forward leaning position: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/saddles/brooks-swift.html Like John mentioned in he's review there will also be matching leather bar tape and bar end plugs. But I'd like to use cotton bar tape and shellac so I might get the natural hide and dye it brown. One detail that I find particularly interesting is that the rails allow the saddle to be mounted one or two cm further back. The usable part of the rails on my Swift are a bit short and my Mercian on the verge of being to small. More Berthoud pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallblog/3904651113/in/set-72157620611802884/
On Nov 29, 7:26 pm, "rswat...@me.com" <rswat...@me.com> wrote: > Do you know the dimensions of the Berthoud "race" saddle? It sounds > promising. > Has anyone compared the current Berthoud saddle with the Brooks Swift? > > Cheers, > Ryan > > On Nov 29, 2009, at 2:55, Pete <pedalling.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for the review and for charring pictures of such beautiful > > piece of art! > > The cork version certainly look the business but I'm also not to fond > > of the plastic rear. I'll will wait for the the narrow race version > > that will be available soon, problem is there doesn't seem to be any > > saddle bag mounts: > >http://wallbike.com/blog/2009/09/02/new-berthoud-race-saddle/ > > Cork: > >http://www.core77.com/gallery/EUROBIKE%20SHOW%202009/92.asp?current_i... > > Another review: > >http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/gear-news/gilles-berthoud-gents-leather-... > > > On 29 Nov, 04:47, Aaron Thomas <aaron.a.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> John, > > >> Thanks for posting the saddle review. But even more thanks to the > >> link > >> of pics of your fine bike. I really like what you did with the red > >> tape and amber shellac. The ruby color is quite elegant. > > >> Aaron > > >> On Nov 28, 7:30 pm, eflayer <eddie.fla...@att.net> wrote: > > >>> if your Brooks was set up correctly, you would not slide in one > >>> direction of the other. You would be cradled nicely in the crotch > >>> of > >>> the banana...so to speak. Not saying your current choice is not the > >>> best for you, but the sweet spot for a Brooks may not be easy to > >>> find. And thanks for the review and good luck on that fine new > >>> saddle. > > >>> On Nov 28, 7:02 pm, John Ferguson <rfj1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>>> Hi all, > > >>>> I've had a chance to ride 500 or 600 miles on a Berthoud saddle. To > >>>> say I'm quite pleased would be an understatement, so I wrote a > >>>> little > >>>> review. > > >>>> Apologies to those of you who saw this elsewhere. > > >>>>http://tinyurl.com/yz98jdo > > >>>> John > > > -- > > > 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- > > bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > . -- 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-bu...@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.
