Saddle too cushy?...

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03-10-2007, 01:57 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Saddle too cushy?...

I found my plain Brooks leather saddle was just too soft and cushy for me anymore.
I'm going with THIS baby now!:
http://sheldonbrown.com/real-man.html
I ordered the women-specific "S" model to fit my wider sitbone spacing.
Chamois? Yeah right,.....FOR SISSIES!!!!
03-10-2007, 02:35 PM
SouthernBelle

Lisa,

I REALLY want to know how that works out for ya. Swapping something out for the extra weight? The Bars, Pedals??
03-10-2007, 03:06 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Indeed, yes. To make up for the extra weight I got rid of my brakes, brake cables, etc. Brakes are for SISSIES.
03-10-2007, 03:42 PM
SouthernBelle

Good point. Might I also suggest that you ditch the shoes. No telling how much they weigh. If you ride clipless you could just stick your big toe in there.
03-10-2007, 04:00 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Quote:

Originally Posted by SouthernBelle

Good point. Might I also suggest that you ditch the shoes. No telling how much they weigh. If you ride clipless you could just stick your big toe in there.

Toes? I got rid of them long ago- too heavy. Good idea about the shoes though...

Lisa
("Stumpy")
03-10-2007, 04:02 PM
SouthernBelle

Have you considered just riding nekkid? & shave your head.
03-10-2007, 04:07 PM
mimitabby

LIsa, you could just ride on rims too, the rubber tires and tubes add a lot of weight.
03-10-2007, 04:11 PM
SouthernBelle

What if she put helium in tubes? & helium balloons on the back of the seat??
03-10-2007, 04:15 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Quote:

Originally Posted by SouthernBelle

Have you considered just riding nekkid? & shave your head.

It's too cold here!
I cut my own hair, and it's usually only about an inch long. However, I'm considering having my old fillings replaced with titanium- could lose at least another ounce there probably (i have a lot of fillings)... I looked into carbon fillings but I don't think they would hold up when I pull off my tires to change flats. Only SISSIES use tire levers.
03-10-2007, 04:47 PM
SouthernBelle

Well the black carbon MIGHT be unattractive in your teeth. Though it might make an excellent skeletal structure.
03-10-2007, 04:58 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Quote:

Originally Posted by SouthernBelle

Well the black carbon MIGHT be unattractive in your teeth...

Oh, but I play the banjo, so actually it might fit right in! Gee, THANKS!! :p

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...1939_369284949
03-10-2007, 05:02 PM
KnottedYet

<I love TE!!!> :D
03-10-2007, 05:09 PM
SouthernBelle

Ya know, we are carbon-based life forms.

(Having spent the day riding the HILLS of Tennessee where banjo players aren't that uncommon).
03-10-2007, 06:05 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Quote:

Originally Posted by mimitabby

LIsa, you could just ride on rims too, the rubber tires and tubes add a lot of weight.

Thanks Mimi, I tried these on my bike a while back (tubes are for SISSIES), but again, I had the added weight issue to address, so I went back to my old tires.

http://www.studio2f.com/misc/images/tank_intrepid.jpg
03-10-2007, 06:44 PM
sgtiger

If you're burly enough to ride that then I wouldn't think weight would be an issue. Maybe you should get wheels that match. As for breaks, just do it the Flintstones way.:p
http://bedrock.deadsquid.com/updates.php
03-11-2007, 06:02 AM
mimitabby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

Thanks Mimi, I tried these on my bike a while back (tubes are for SISSIES), but again, I had the added weight issue to address, so I went back to my old tires.

http://www.studio2f.com/misc/images/tank_intrepid.jpg

hm I went to that website and saw a field of green grass
but then I copied the link and saw your lovely tractor thing.
03-11-2007, 10:40 AM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Quote:

Originally Posted by mimitabby

hm I went to that website and saw a field of green grass
but then I copied the link and saw your lovely tractor thing.

Probably just a 60's flashback. Not to worry.
03-11-2007, 01:05 PM
SouthernBelle

I'm just getting a one way street sign. Must be a psychological thing.
03-11-2007, 01:40 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Are you guys serious about seeing different images? Bizarre!
Here is the actual "link" for the tank picture:
http://www.studio2f.com/misc/images/tank_intrepid.jpg

Hey maybe it's a magic fortune telling site where you see a clue to your own future! (insert twilight zone music here)....
03-11-2007, 02:04 PM
mimitabby

yes, we were being honest, and I haven't had a flashback from the 60's in a long time. Never had the nerve to drop acid, you know.
03-11-2007, 02:54 PM
SouthernBelle

Can't access the tank at all. at the home page, hitting refresh, I get the grass and the one way sign. I think it's a test.

Means something deep.
03-11-2007, 03:07 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Whoa! :eek:
03-11-2007, 04:21 PM
Kitsune06

and don'cha just *know* you're in trouble when you never dropped acid in the 60s and yet there you are havin' flashbacks and experiencing chronic weight-weenieism? (aside from, y'know, the stone seat)

Well...
sandstone and limestone eventually 'give' to water running over their surface...
our bodies are , what, 80% water?
Eventually the limestone seats will 'give' and 'mold' themselves to our particular posteriors.
(sounds a lot like Brooks logic to me... hmmmm...)
03-11-2007, 04:37 PM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune06

and don'cha just *know* you're in trouble when you never dropped acid in the 60s and yet there you are havin' flashbacks and experiencing chronic weight-weenieism? (aside from, y'know, the stone seat)

I think you're mixing Mimi and me up. :eek:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune06

sandstone and limestone eventually 'give' to water running over their surface...
our bodies are , what, 80% water?
Eventually the limestone seats will 'give' and 'mold' themselves to our particular posteriors.
(sounds a lot like Brooks logic to me... hmmmm...)

Actually, I suspect my sitbones are slowly molding themselves to my Brooks saddle, not the other way around. (Holy osteoporosis, Batman!)
03-11-2007, 06:50 PM
mimitabby

lol, yeah, Kit, all of us 60's ex-hippie chix (I really hate that term) are not alike!!
03-12-2007, 06:32 AM
Kitsune06

*sigh* and here I was, all ready to make some sweeping statements about your generation! Thanks for setting me a little straighter, Mimi!