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BlindRobert
10-13-05, 01:56 PM
Just got it in the mail. Cripes that's a beast! What was I thinking?

hyperRevue
10-13-05, 02:04 PM
pics?
BlindRobert
10-13-05, 02:08 PM
pics?
how's this grab you.

mind your lunch.

chimpo
10-13-05, 02:40 PM
Heh I love that saddle.

I have one on my fixed and my road bike. Super comfortable.

Try it out and see if you like it.
ch0mb0
10-13-05, 02:52 PM
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/3840/goggles2mu.gif





not to worry tho, it ain't that bad - butt's covering it most of the time anyway, yes?
Fugazi Dave
10-13-05, 02:53 PM
I think it's sexy. IMO fifty times better than a Brooks any day of the week...

:D
BlindRobert
10-13-05, 02:55 PM
I can't do it. I won't even put it on my bike...not even the rainy day bike and I don't care if it is like riding on a cloud. I like a nice, hard saddle...the SLR (which I was going to order and love the look of and find comfortable) was out of stock so I ordered this without thinking or looking too much. Oh well...live and learn.

Anyone looking for a deal on a cherry SLK?
curlybro
10-13-05, 04:02 PM
How much you want for it?
xowl
10-13-05, 05:19 PM
I think it's sexy. IMO fifty times better than a Brooks any day of the week...

:D
IMO? i just put a used brooks saddle on my bike and it rules. took a week and a half to break in and now it rules. now i sit on my sit bones instead of the choad. this is good in light of a ny times artical relating bike riding to impotence.
Vo2min
10-13-05, 06:27 PM
Watch out if you carry a bike with a fork shaped seat (like the SLK) backwards on a roof rack. Lennard Zinn got his saddle caught in a tree branch and tore the bike and part of the rack off his car.
Check this out:
http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/articles/8932.0.html
Ride Safe,
Steve
jmgorman
10-13-05, 08:20 PM
IMO? i just put a used brooks saddle on my bike and it rules. took a week and a half to break in and now it rules. now i sit on my sit bones instead of the choad. this is good in light of a ny times artical relating bike riding to impotence.

Watch out for the sarcasm, son.
xowl
10-13-05, 08:34 PM
Watch out for the sarcasm, son.
sarcasm? did i offend someone? wasn't on purpose and i wasn't trying to be sarcastic.

what is IMO by the way?
steaktaco
10-13-05, 08:48 PM
slk? — I love that saddle. 20x better than the flite series. 50x better than the nitrox.
chimpo
10-13-05, 10:40 PM
Not all seats are for all people.

I still think you should give it a try yet I understand your love for the SLR. I use that one for my cyclocross bike. Different seats for different riding styles.
LóFarkas
10-14-05, 01:33 AM
In My Opinion
BlindRobert
10-14-05, 05:05 AM
if you can pick it up in Brooklyn or Manhattan it is yours for the low price of $50. I just paid $75 on sale.
queerpunk
10-14-05, 06:55 AM
i was about to WTF you b/c i thought you were talking about the FSA SLK, which i ride, and i was about to feel really uncool and start a thread that was all like, "so, like, are people who ride FSA SLKs uncool?" and then check every fifteen minutes through 6 pages of madness.

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