Well, based on that near-certainty of bent rails based on what I want to do, it seems another $150 Nitto S-84 seatpost & B17 combo is in order for me. It is strange that S.A would design rails that lend themselves to failure-inducing experiments, but I'm glad I can learn from experience.
Life shure is tougher for us long-legged, long-armed dudes... but who can whine about having a fancy lugged seatpost? On Jan 9, 4:58 pm, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > No Bomba in my stable! > > It didn't take anything extreme, just having the saddle too far back, > a seatpost clamp that didn't support the rails properly (an old > American Classic) and my 180 lb body were enough to bend the rails. > As I said, I bent them back and I still ride the saddle, but with a > different post and a less extreme position. > > Jason, > > If the mfg. says "don't do this" and you do anyway, don't you own some > responsibility for the results? > > Bill > > On Jan 9, 9:33 am, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Jan 8, 9:49 pm, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > "Bent Frame Wire - A small number of saddles have been replaced in the > > > past two years due to frame wire bending during a ride. These first > > > happened exclusively with mountain bike riders doing extreme riding. > > ... > > > They aren't kidding. Ask how I know... > > > Hucking your Bombadil? > > > Philip > > > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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.
