General Cycling Discussion - When was the last time...-

I ran some errands yesterday after work, and picked up some huge pieces of styrofoam for a project. I loaded it on my bike (tried, at least), and caught a whiff of my saddle.

My question: When was the last time you smelled your saddle?

*snicker*

Shortly after I bought it... smelled like fresh leather (Brooks B17).

Never.

errrm.. no

Uh....

Some of the bikeforum members who have been here longer might want to get up and speak for me. :D

My question: When was the last time you smelled your saddle?

I'm a slacker, I keep putting it off. Maybe this weekend.

"You smell that? Do you smell that? That's saddle, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.
I love the smell of saddle in the morning. The smell, you know that sweaty leather smell...
... Smells like - victory."

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cw5t-stu/apocalypse/killgore.jpg

Did the spokes drain out and now you have saddle in your poop? Or is it poop in your saddle?

Powerbars and gels tend to make me a bit gassy on rides, so there's NO way my nose is getting anywhere near my saddle.

Uh....

Some of the bikeforum members who have been here longer might want to get up and speak for me. :D

aww come on...

It's quite an experience :B

My saddle was smelling like roses two weekends ago on tour- every time I bent over the rear panniers I'd get a whiff of floral perfume...I thought my s*** didn't stink, until I realized it was some doggie duty bags I'd grabbed at the ranger station and stuffed in my seatbag as saddle covers for my Brooks (It was a wet weekend!)

I love the smell of leather, so I give my newish Selle Italia Flite Gel Flo a whiff every time I get ready to ride. Once the saddle starts to smell more like my butt than freshly-tanned leather, that'll be the end of that,

May I ask why you're curious about this?

thats is just wrong. Who the heck smells their butt???

LOL I was just wondering if anybody was taken away by the scent of their saddle. I, myself, could not believe the scent, but my bike has had one previous owner... so maybe it's not all me.

Although there have been days where I'd wear the same shorts on my commutes for days at a time...-

EVERYBODY SMELL YOUR SADDLE NOW!!!

:B

You a strange puppy..........

Did the spokes drain out and now you have saddle in your poop? Or is it poop in your saddle?

on that note, my poop isn't coming out :(

LOL I was just wondering if anybody was taken away by the scent of their saddle. I, myself, could not believe the scent, but my bike has had one previous owner... so maybe it's not all me.

Although there have been days where I'd wear the same shorts on my commutes for days at a time...-

EVERYBODY SMELL YOUR SADDLE NOW!!!

:B

***snifffffffff*** Mmmmmmm... Brooks Leather saddle. Smells like leather.

If yours smells like butt, maybe try riding with clothes on?

EDIT: (note: this was a feeble attempt at humour, not criticism... ;)

My saddle is a WAY old Brooks found in the trash about a month ago - a c.1985 "Competition" model. I'm not the first owner - maybe not even 10th.

It was an ass-hatchet when I got it but it's breaking in nicely.

FWIW, I heated it with a hair-dryer and rubbed in a combination of petroleum jelly and beeswax. It really does smell awesomely like leather - though I never would've thought to give it a wiff until you mentioned it. Brooks leather breathes so if it ever did pick up a smell, it could be aired out (or washed - *carefully*).

***snifffffffff*** Mmmmmmm... Brooks Leather saddle.
Smells like leather.

If yours smells like butt, maybe try riding with clothes on?

Thank you for complying. Maybe I should get a new freakin' saddle.

Thank you for complying. Maybe I should get a new freakin' saddle.

;)

What kind of saddle is it? Noticed your profile - do you have pictures of your bikes online? I love classic Schwinns. :)

LOL I was just wondering if anybody was taken away by the scent of their saddle. I, myself, could not believe the scent, but my bike has had one previous owner... so maybe it's not all me.

Although there have been days where I'd wear the same shorts on my commutes for days at a time...-

EVERYBODY SMELL YOUR SADDLE NOW!!!

:B

I told you, maybe this weekend. Right now, I'm busy using my employers valuable time to screw off on the internet.

aww come on...

It's quite an experience :B

I think this is the biggest thread ever on seat sniffing.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=58185

No clue - the smell of oil on my tires from the blacktop roads I ride covers up any other smell on my bike. Except when I freshly lube the chain...mmm...

I suppose I could remove the saddle, but seeing as how the saddle hasn't been moved in oh, 5 years, and I know for a fact it's quite stuck, I don't think it's worth the effort. At some point, I'll have to do something about that.

My saddle probably smells of taco bell farts....however the experience I had sniffing my MTB's saddle left me feeling rather weak in the legs and of stomach for a few minutes.

Really sniffing markers is a far more rewarding task....extra happy panda bonus points if it's one of those humongous "magnum" markers!

Just smelled the Avocet on my SS, smells like leather.

Saddles are for *******. I sit on the post.

Saddles are for *******. I sit on the post.

No... I think your comment is completely backwards. Ahahhaa there's so many things I can say about this but it'll probably get me banned. :p

No... I think your comment is completely backwards. Ahahhaa there's so many things I can say about this but it'll probably get me banned. :p

All my posts are designed for people with weaknesses for cliched wordplay and innuendo. Reply at your peril.

I ran some errands yesterday after work, and picked up some huge pieces of styrofoam for a project. I loaded it on my bike (tried, at least), and caught a whiff of my saddle.

My question: When was the last time you smelled your saddle?

*snicker*

After reading your profile, I see that scatology is a hobby. So why are you complaining? Or are you complaining? :rolleyes:

I think you may be on to a new niche (heheh) market that hasn't been exploited in bicycle marketing. Scratch and sniff seats! Or maybe just seat covers with a layer of activated charcoal in them. :eek:

Curse you for making me sniff my seat, my neighbor happened to walk out of her apartment while I was in full snuffle. That was embarassing...

Oh. And my seat hardly has any smell....perhaps a faint odor of leather.

Smells like Summer's Eve, somebody's been riding my bike!!!! :mad: (aside from me that is)

I smelled my (avocet) saddle again this morning (I may be on the way to developing a new habit :B), and it didn't smell as bad as the last time I smelled it... prolly cuz I wasn't fresh off the saddle as I was earlier.

I actually wanted to get some people to smell their saddles. When I was about 18, my sister's ex showed me how you can smell your own boogers (kinda hard to explain in text). It tripped me out, so I showed some of my friends how to do it, then next thing you know, we'd be hanging out smelling our own boogers.

I know, I'm wierd :B

edit: Oh, and this is not a call to go around smelling other peoples saddles... *yuck* lol. Imagine that... "saddle fetishists", like shoe fetishists.

is "fetishists" even a word??? wtf.

I smelled my (avocet) saddle again this morning (I may be on the way to developing a new habit :B), and it didn't smell as bad as the last time I smelled it... prolly cuz I wasn't fresh off the saddle as I was earlier.

I actually wanted to get some people to smell their saddles. When I was about 18, my sister's ex showed me how you can smell your own boogers (kinda hard to explain in text). It tripped me out, so I showed some of my friends how to do it, then next thing you know, we'd be hanging out smelling our own boogers.

I know, I'm wierd :B

edit: Oh, and this is not a call to go around smelling other peoples saddles... *yuck* lol. Imagine that... "saddle fetishists", like shoe fetishists.

is "fetishists" even a word??? wtf.


Why, yes. Yes it is.
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,56409,00.html

No worries. We're all wierd.
I think you've just started a new sub-culture among cyclists though. ;)

C.

You a strange puppy..........


I'm gonna have to second that. LOL


As a bike mechanic we work on alot of bike ridden by all kinds of people. We had one customer(william) that you could smell across the counter. John the mechanic usually got to work on Williams bike.
Once and only once did he lean over to mess with the RD or BB and his face got dangerously close to Williams seat. :eek: When he told the rest of us about his experience :roflmao: I had tears, I'm laughing as I type this. From then on Williams bike got a plastic bag on his seat first thing when it came in for any work.

Should I be troubled that this thread amused me?

the. Thread. the.

New saddle smell!

:D

A new, Honey coloured Brooks B67 smells like - nothing.

Nada. Bupkis. Not even leather.

Hard as wood.

*** *** ***

K. Add sunlight, heat. Apply Proofide. Rub into leather.

*SNIFF*

...

Smells like... Citronela oil.

DOH!

Well, I guess that's what the Citronela oil in Proofide is for: keeping your saddle from smelling like butt.

Yeah so I went for a wiff of my seat...

Mmm. Slvoid looks like he's giving his seat head. ;p

Ok.. this is the last time I post my picture up...

Yeah so I went for a wiff of my seat...


As much as I HATE to be serious in such an entertaining thread as this....... :D

What kind of seat bag is that? It looks nice with the blue on the frame.

I thought your entire bike would be covered with a thin layer of coconut scented suntan lotion by now?
OK now I feel better. :)

It's a small specialized seat pack, I love specialized packs, I have 3 of em, they're all I use. Only prob is that the damn S emblem keeps ripping into my shorts, I pried them all off.
It's actually all black, I think the blue is some kinda lens artifact from the flash.

It's a small specialized seat pack, I love specialized packs, I have 3 of em, they're all I use. Only prob is that the damn S emblem keeps ripping into my shorts, I pried them all off.
It's actually all black, I think the blue is some kinda lens artifact from the flash.

I'll have to google them and take a look.

The picture of you bike reminds me......
Do you have the Giant back? Are you taking the Litespeed to work?