Xrisnothing

I hadn't noticed this before, but my Arione with maybe 250 miles on it is damaged. After riding in a 100km group ride, the next day I took a look at the seat and saw a bit of silver on the side of the seat. It was what was left of the word "Arione." Anyone else have this happen? I can see on the other side that the "A" is starting to come off.

Mitro

By the time I was done with my first ride on my arione, I was missing ARI. It was all gone within two weeks, I'm pretty sure this is normal for the saddle.

cuski

I wouldn't exactly call that "damaged". It's wear.

Az B

Losing a logo is nothing to get excited about. Some people prefer not having gaudy logos all over thier bikes... consider it a bonus and go for another ride.

Az

BarracksSi

Right -- it's an incentive to ride more and get that logo worn off.

By the time it's off, the "wing flex" is probably broken in to fit you better.

(my Arione has half of the "N" on the left side and ".one" on the right)

Coyote2

Yeah, and your tires are defective if the tread wears down over a few thousand miles. Better return those right after you get a refund for that defective saddle.

monk

Damaged?

tharrel1

Letter are mostly worn off on mine as well. I wouldn't worry about it..

kleng

You need to get the Arione K:1, where the logo's are under a layer of clear coat, thats if your'e really worried about it.

ManBearPig

Tires wear out???

ManBearPig

Here's how you know when your saddle is properly broken in:



Just another 35,000 miles left, and that baby should be perfect.

MIN 

"OMG my bike is getting ridden!!!! The horror."

gabdy

Time for a new one me thinks.

Heard of the term lucky legs? Well that is a lucky saddle.

Zyler

Um, that one just scares me. I don't know if I could put my junk so close to that. I think it needs a shot of penicillin.

rollin

Towlie -

OP - my "Arione" became a "one" just before it became a "Toupe".

ed073

Chains too, I hear....

seppomadness

Holey Moley this is all news to me. We better get to the bottom of this 'damaged' goods caper....

I had a cable end cap blow right off today. I know I know its bonkers. If anyone else has had such damage occur please PM me so we can setup a class action of some kind.

classic1

Did they totally replace you bike under warranty?

botto 

incorrect.

this is damaged.



this is worn.

DinoShepherd

Sounds like a feature to me.

Treefox

Knees as well, unfortunately.

classic1

Lovely water view. Is that the 'Shady Pines' rest home for retired saddles? I'm callous and just throw mine in the bin.

seppomadness

Nut.

I mean its bloody boolsheet things just shouldn't 'fall off' like that! I got lucky and was only 50m from home when it happened. Imagine the carnage if I was going down a hill or sumfin??

operator

It is something to get excited about. We have enough words on our bikes already. I find it almost comical that someone would complain that they're LOSING said words.

Faust

I too have an Arione and was totally emabarrased over the missing letters. Some of the letters had transferred to my right and left bib thighs, 'Ari' on the left and 'one' on the right. I bent over to fix my shoes and a stranger asked if I was bragging or complaining.

On the other hand I calculate that after washing my bibs I am now 1/100 of a gram lighter, and will cut my time on a 20 mile trip by 1/4 of a second.

All's well that ends well.