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May 2008
3:52pm, 6 May 2008
699 posts
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GregP
Chnage the saddle pronto then - or get your bike shop to do it for you. Well worth the effort.
Last year I used a Giant SCR 3 triple, which was fine but I had no emotional bond with it.
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May 2008
3:54pm, 6 May 2008
33,574 posts
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Hanneke
I quite fancy the Trek time trialling bikes...
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May 2008
3:56pm, 6 May 2008
33,575 posts
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Hanneke
Erghm.... why would I want to change the saddle, I just said I like it... I have very narrow hips for a woman and my seatbones are close together. It is a whoppingly lovey Fizik saddle that retails at over £200, I ain't changing it! Just because I am a woman, does not mean I need to ride a pink woman's bike with a wide gell filled saddle with a cutout, right? I can ride for hours on that bike without having to even lift my bum out of the saddle... well, unless there is a steep hill to climb 
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May 2008
3:57pm, 6 May 2008
2,040 posts
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Tri Mikey
I must clear out my garage and whittle down on the bikes. I have a dawes Sarder Touring Bike, Dawes Comp Mountain Bike, Fugi Road Bike and Kinesis/Specialised road bike.
Looks like the kids bikes will have to go!
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May 2008
3:58pm, 6 May 2008
33,576 posts
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Hanneke
Greg, been told the bike is not suitable for just training on, as it is a racing bike for road racing... it is carbon/composite alluminium and therefore a fairly harsh ride, but it is fast
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May 2008
3:59pm, 6 May 2008
2,041 posts
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Tri Mikey
Any Fetchies doing the Grand Fondo Bike Ride on Sunday 25th May starting at Bala in North Wales
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May 2008
3:59pm, 6 May 2008
33,577 posts
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Hanneke
I.e. I think the lbs wants to get his hands on it and sell me another bike... apparently it is quite rare, built from a frame set to almost highest spec Shimano... all ultegra and without waterbottle, tool bag and pump and with its racing wheels back on it weighs in at 7.8 kgs!!!
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May 2008
4:04pm, 6 May 2008
2,936 posts
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jude
Hann - hope that saddle is OK for you, my experience with the wrong saddle was very painful followed by a week long numbness - not nice!! be careful that's all I'm saing. if you're Ok then good news:)
You say your first tri is next w/e then?!!?
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May 2008
4:32pm, 6 May 2008
33,581 posts
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Hanneke
Oh, well I have done a couple of 1000 kms on it now, and no ill effects! I can ride 6 hours on it without getting saddle pain, as long as I am wearing bike shorts. So no reason why I should change it I'd say, it is just that everyone says I should??? I have never mentioned it, but when other cyclists, especially women or bikeshop people, see it they go aaaauuuuch! I know a lot of people have trouble with saddles, but mine seems just fine!
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May 2008
4:33pm, 6 May 2008
33,582 posts
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Hanneke
Sorry, I think it is about 1000 kms... but still, enough to know weather it is right or not
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