smelly and leaching Terry saddle

[Resi]

Hi,

just wondering if anybody has this problem. A year ago I got a new road bike, I exchanged the saddle to a Terry Butterfly. (I had always Terry Butterfly without problems) After the heat kicked in here in Texas of course we all sweat even more than normal, after a hard ride I am soaked... what happend, my saddle leached color on my new Cannondale shorts which changed the orange chamois to grey and also the color got onto my skin which had to be removed with Iso/alcohol... so after 2 ruined chamois I wrote to Terry... answer....The die can bleed for some customers due to a chemical present in their sweat...and how I understand, this is the first time it happend to them... Wondering, if I am the only one out on the cycling planet which has this problem? And not to forget, the saddle doesn't have a good odor...it stinks...LOL
Of course they offered to exchange the saddle... but I don't know if this will happen again...

Thanks

[kermit]

I had used Terry saddles in the past and since they changed to the new fabric on the Zero X, I sent it back. That weave material does trap salt and odor. It was almost sticky when I rode. I sent it back before things got too bad. My only suggestion other than a different saddle is to try some type of scotch guard or seam sealer like you use on camping tents to waterproof. I am not sure it would be 100%, but may help. For what it's worth, I think The Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow is pretty much the same as the butterfly. Selle Italia makes Terry saddles.

[tulip]

easy answer: Black Shorts.

All my bikes have Terry Butterfly saddles and I've never noticed leaching because I always wear black shorts. Always. Haven't noticed any smell...but I haven't made the effort, either.

[Resi]

easy answer: Black Shorts.

All my bikes have Terry Butterfly saddles and I've never noticed leaching because I always wear black shorts. Always. Haven't noticed any smell...but I haven't made the effort, either.

All my shorts are black, many of them have a lighter chamois, like the Cannondale which is orange... now grey LOL. I am not so much worried about my chamois, but the die leaching on my skin...

[Resi]

I had used Terry saddles in the past and since they changed to the new fabric on the Zero X, I sent it back. That weave material does trap salt and odor. It was almost sticky when I rode. I sent it back before things got too bad. My only suggestion other than a different saddle is to try some type of scotch guard or seal sealer like you use on camping tents to waterproof. I am not sure it would be 100%, but may help. For what it's worth, I think The Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow is pretty much the same as the butterfly. Selle Italia makes Terry saddles.

Thanks, good idea with scotch guard, I guess it will not make it worse than it already is.
As you mentioned, the company changed something, then I always (over 10 years) had Terry saddles and never experienced this.

[OakLeaf]

I am not so much worried about my chamois, but the die leaching on my skin...

I had a pair of cycling shoes that turned my feet purple-black for days, every time it rained.

Thank goodness I never had to deal with that, with my @ss!

[7rider]

I had a pair of cycling shoes that turned my feet purple-black for days, every time it rained.

Thank goodness I never had to deal with that, with my @ss!

I had some PI gloves that did that to my hands.

I assume the saddle was a black one? Good luck with it. I'd be hesitant to exchange unless I had some assurance the materials were different, or if I could be reasonably assured that treating the original with Scotch Guard or some such after initial problems would be ineffective.

[roadie gal]

I'd exchange it for a new saddle and put a neoprene saddle cover on it. There are a few companies that make them. Trisports is one place that carries them. They run around $20.

[rubywagon]

All my shorts are black, many of them have a lighter chamois, like the Cannondale which is orange... now grey LOL. I am not so much worried about my chamois, but the die leaching on my skin...

+1. I have noticed the dye changing the color of my chamois.

[Resi]

+1. I have noticed the dye changing the color of my chamois.

And what saddle do you have?

[rubywagon]

It is a Bontrager... but I am not sure which model. Maybe I have weird sweat too?

[Kiwi Stoker]

I had a pair of Lakes that leached red dye onto my socks and feet in the wet. I don't wear them anymore.

You would think cycle shoe companies would test materials before they use them for colourfastness.