I just bought....

Chaz.Harding
Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
edited December 2010 in The Crudcatcher
...one of these!

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Has anyone on here actually used one..? I know it's really old-fashioned, but surely if the design has lasted THIS LONG, it should be a proven thing, right...?

Looks like I'm going to be doing a bit of cycle-touring over the xmas period this year in Ireland, so I need a more comfortable saddle than my current torture device.

What you guys think? Good choice / bad choice? Bearing in mind, I don't care at all about looks or weight - as long as it's comfortable!
Boo-yah mofo
Sick to the power of rad
Fix it 'till it's broke

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  • z0tty
    z0tty Posts: 47
    my dad has had one for most of my life (i'm 41) and he swears by it..

    so for that alone. great buy :).. and my old man said get some miles on it before you go off doing any long tours as they take awhile to 'bed' in
    if it fits in my man cave i want one!.. NOW!!
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    I had one many years ago and it only lasted a couple of seasons. I made the mistake of riding on it when it got wet (as in soaked right through the leather) and it "stretched" so much it started to sag in the middle, even after the adjuster at the front had been used.

    Couldn't fault it's comfort though.
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  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    Good news, I guess...

    I need something more comfortable, and I've read nothing but gleaming reviews about 'em, but they've all been anonymous reviews, so...

    And El Capitano - hows the sans-tache feeling now...? Still kinda naked, or normal again :lol:
    Boo-yah mofo
    Sick to the power of rad
    Fix it 'till it's broke
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    what bike is that going on?
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    RTW-Chaz wrote:
    And El Capitano - hows the sans-tache feeling now...? Still kinda naked, or normal again :lol:

    Pics later. I shaved it off yesterday and have had my hair cut very short today.

    TBH, I do feel a little naked without it, people keep pointing and commenting in the office. Perhaps this would stop if I put some clothes on...
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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    El Capitano wrote:
    RTW-Chaz wrote:
    And El Capitano - hows the sans-tache feeling now...? Still kinda naked, or normal again :lol:

    Pics later. I shaved it off yesterday and have had my hair cut very short today.

    TBH, I do feel a little naked without it, people keep fainting and swooning in the office. Perhaps this would stop if I put some clothes on...
  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    what bike is that going on?
    It will be going onto (eventually) my On-One, ready for the Christmas period.

    However, to break it in a bit, I will be putting it onto my full-carbon racing bike :lol:

    I don't care much how it looks, as long as it's comfortable!

    8)
    Boo-yah mofo
    Sick to the power of rad
    Fix it 'till it's broke
  • Whytepeak
    Whytepeak Posts: 2,616
    My dad has been using them for nigh on 50 years... gotta be a good sign right?
    Though they are uncomfortable to start with, they do bed in and then they are very good.
    Now that we are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. ROMANS 15:1

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