Selle An-Atomica under new ownership + FAIL

[Miranda]

You know what... I realize it's wrong to speak ill of the dead... but my business dealings with Tom were not so great.

I ended up returning my defective saddle I purchased from him. He was just such a jerk. Not only did he insist that I keep his clearly defective saddle, he personally insulted me from a phone conversation we had prior to purchase after the fact, AND then he had the audacity to deduct from my refund *his* money order costs for refund... much less I was out my shipping cost both ways to receive the saddle, and ship it back for defect.

Sometime shortly after that for reasons not mentioned TE stopped carrying his line. Can't speak for TE, but crimony, I'd ride a 2 x 4 board scrap outta my garage before I'd repeat that experience.

Hope you get all your issues worked out.

[Biciclista]

Sounds like the sisters are a lot nicer than Tom. And they are learning.

[jobob]

So Tom, the owner of Selle An-Atomica passed away last summer.

Actually, he passed away almost exactly a year ago. He was riding last year's Devil Mountain Double at the time.

This years' DMD is next weekend.

(This is admittedly not really relevant to the thread discussion, but I've been thinking about DMD and it was a surprise to see Tom's name pop up here).

[Biciclista]

it's funny how that works, isn't it?!

[redrhodie]

I love mine. I have them on all my bikes. Actually, when I heard Tom died, I bought a spare, in case the company didn't continue. I never had any issues to deal with. I was happy from the first ride. I have probably close to 10,000 miles on my first one, and it's still going strong.

[Biciclista]

my husband loves his too. But that's why there are so many saddle brands. We are all a little different in that area...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My husband loves his too. It's the only one he'd choose to ride a century on.
They don't have any wide enough for my sit bones, so i stick with my Brooks B68.

[maillotpois]

.... but I've been thinking about DMD ..... [/I]

Hmm. Me too !

[jobob]

Hmm. Me too !

Oh, and why would that be?

tic ... toc ... tic ... toc ...

[maillotpois]

Oh, and why would that be?

tic ... toc ... tic ... toc ...

Oh no reason.....



It better not be raining like this on Saturday - I will just say that RIGHT Now.

[Veronica]

Right now it looks like it will be a nice 72 degrees for you guys.

Of course I could wear my new bike jersey. It has a Tiki god on it - Lono - god of luck and fertility. Thom reminded me fertility = rain. He thinks it's cursed like the Tiki the Brady Bunch kids found.

We'll see you at the base of Hamilton.

Veronica

[Biciclista]

When Tom started selling the saddles, he figured enough people would fit his saddle and someone else could worry about the others. More or less the definition of a niche market and it worked well. I think it's cool his sisters are keeping it going.