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Old 08-17-06, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by dbg
I wonder if I could get one of those fancy seats on my burley canto? Is it possible?
You might have to get inventive to mount it, but sure you could. Not that I'd recommend it; it might create problems with weight distribution and reaching the handlebars.

If you don't already have the Burley sprint braces, then the first thing to do in your quest for efficiency is to add them. That might make a big enough difference for you. If it doesn't, maybe you're outgrowing the bike. As someone on another list once wrote: "You can train a pig to race, but it'll never be a racehorse - just a fast pig." Meaning, don't try to make the bike something else, it'll just suck a bunch of money and effort, and you'll still end up upgrading when you finally learn that you really need is something that's designed to be faster.
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