Ruby vs Toupe?

[kermit]

I googled mapped and it's like a 3.5 hour drive, but Racer's Edge in Boca Raton does great fits and has a 65 saddle collection to try during the fit. Take a look at their website, they are the sh** for racers and tri folks. ROAD TRIP?????

[OakLeaf]

Wow, my inlaws are in Boca. Something to do next time we go there....

[vness]

I googled mapped and it's like a 3.5 hour drive, but Racer's Edge in Boca Raton does great fits and has a 65 saddle collection to try during the fit. Take a look at their website, they are the sh** for racers and tri folks. ROAD TRIP?????

oooh... that place looks great! Unfortunately I can't afford it right now :( I've always wanted to do 3-D Morion capture too. But I need some level of fitness back as well. I'm still coming from behind from being ill.. I lost a LOT of performance!

btw, is that where you had your fit done?

I did spend some time looking at the saddle models they offer (selle italia, fi'zi:k, and san marco) and realize I really need to find out if a 130 is too narrow or what... so many of the saddles I liked were about that narrow.

So to that end I went back to LBS with the intention of actually purchasing something to try... but after getting into an argument with the guy about that Jett not being new, just unused LOL I left. They didn't have the new Toupe, any Ruby's or the Phenom that I wanted anyway.

And I am NEVER going back into that shop! They're not helpful... as well as quite overpriced! That I always knew.. the other part I just had a first hand encounter with. I guess they don't see me as worth their trouble... too bad for them.

my friend who rides the 130 Toupe's is bringing me an old 130 Alias to try... at least it'll tell me if the width works and if it does, I may just order something directly from Specialized. In the meantime, I'll put the Ruby back on to get me through the time gap. The Prolink I tried is just too much like all my other saddles. If a narrow saddle is doable, it opens up a whole new world for me :)

with the cold, I'll get a couple of days to heal. I'm a mess right now. Anything would probably hurt... grrrr.... I am SO angry right now

thanks for letting me rant!

namaste,
vness