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    A saddle like the Aspide Glamour?

    I have the SSM Women's Aspide Glamour:

    http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._2014_30938287
    http://www.trisports.com/sesanmaasglr.html

    Everything is right about it - except at like mile 40 yesterday the labels started to totally dig into me... after about 5 more miles, they felt like razors!

    The size and shape is very comfortable - but I'm foreseeing some issues with those labels on longer rides. So I'm trying to see if there is something out there with similar characteristics - narrow nose, no cut out, more of a T-shape... in the 155mm range.

    Any ideas?

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    Take a razor blade and slice the threads holding the labels on, and rip them off of there?

    Who needs labels anyway?

    Karen
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    Seam ripper?

    Tiny cuticle scissors?
    2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
    2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
    2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager

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    Huh, I didn't think of that... has anyone ripped those suckers off before??

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    Stop by a Joann's or Hancock's or other fabric store and get a seam ripper. Assuming the labels are sewn on, it's the best way to remove them without adding a hole. Since it's not realy ridable this way, what do you have to loose?

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    I'll have to look at mine when I get home tonight, but I thought that the labels were embroidered directly on the saddle?

    I honestly can't remember.

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    Yeah, I saw it wasn't womens... but why so expensive?

    Has anyone tried the FX version?

    http://www.wekeepyoucycling.com/en/s...?productid=114

    Or the tri-gel?

    http://www.cbike.com/index.asp?PageA...ROD&ProdID=350

    I haven't explored the removing labels aspect, but since it's a new (1 month) saddle, I could still re-sell it if needed (disclosing the potential razorlike feeling of course )

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    Quote Originally Posted by berkeley View Post
    The size and shape is very comfortable - but I'm foreseeing some issues with those labels on longer rides.
    Hi, do you need it 155 wide or it's just because the Aspide Glamour comes in that measurement? The reason ask is that the carbon version could solve the problem (no embossed labels of course ), but it's narrower than the one you have. Maybe you could find a shop that has it and lets you test-ride it...
    Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TxDoc View Post
    Hi, do you need it 155 wide or it's just because the Aspide Glamour comes in that measurement? The reason ask is that the carbon version could solve the problem (no embossed labels of course ), but it's narrower than the one you have. Maybe you could find a shop that has it and lets you test-ride it...
    Good luck!
    I measured the good ol' sit bones, and determined I need a 155mm (which is why I ended up with the Aspide!).

    My local shop doesn't have any Aspides, unfortunately. I haven't ventured out to look elsewhere locally though.
    Last edited by berkeley; 08-18-2008 at 04:43 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by berkeley View Post
    I measured the good ol' sit bones, and determined I need a 155mm (which is why I ended up with the Aspide!).
    Ooops, so no, the sitbones would not like the aspide carbon then
    I guess the best bet is trying to find the model with the decal instead of the embossing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TxDoc View Post
    Ooops, so no, the sitbones would not like the aspide carbon then
    I guess the best bet is trying to find the model with the decal instead of the embossing...
    Thanks. The only things I'm finding unlabeled are the FX or triath-gel... and the men's versions!

    It's like an internet shopping challenge. Something to do while the olympics are on, I guess.

    OK, I found this:
    http://www.bikesomewhere.com/bikesom.../25/1704/14793

    But it's $60 more? And it's not the Glamour, though I don't know the difference between the two...
    Last edited by berkeley; 08-18-2008 at 04:49 PM.

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    might be worth a try?

    i love mens saddles - work much better for me both in mountain and road versions - dont just write them off - see if you can test ride...

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    Ah. I tried Nashbar, and that's the men's '08 saddle - and that's way too narrow. It appears they only have the women's in the '07 version. Drat.

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    No, the one in the picture is the Aspide Glamour - "Glamour" making it the women's not the men's.

    From Nashbar.com: "Selle San Marco has a biomechanically optimal saddle for you. The Women's San Marco Aspide Glamour allows you to decide your size based on your weight and body type. Lorica cover and titanium rails. 190g."


    Item No. » SM-ASPG

    I was wrong in that the pink is not offered, just black or white.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Misandal View Post
    No, the one in the picture is the Aspide Glamour - "Glamour" making it the women's not the men's.

    From Nashbar.com: "Selle San Marco has a biomechanically optimal saddle for you. The Women's San Marco Aspide Glamour allows you to decide your size based on your weight and body type. Lorica cover and titanium rails. 190g."


    Item No. » SM-ASPG

    I was wrong in that the pink is not offered, just black or white.
    Found it! I totally got distracted because the men's is listed as the "'08" in the description, the women's wasn't... so I just assumed it was the old version...

    WHOO!

 

 

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