luckycat

I know it's been discussed, couldn't find it though. And if anybody has one, is it reasonably comfortable? I have an unpadded one, it's pretty brutal, but I like the shape.

SamHouston

the Aero? its called not much padding in any case

luckycat

Thanks Sam, some of the aeros are and some aren't, the padded ones are pretty hard to come by. I was actually wondering more about the five golds, suppose I should have specified that.

SamHouston

unless you want NJS, I've never had a kashimax njs saddle but I have heard tell of such a thing

SamHouston

haha jinx, the FG8P might be it

luckycat

I think you could be right about the FG8P, now has anyone here used one?

pitboss

EDIT:
There is one model of FiveGold that is padded. See below.
FG8PA
I have never seen this one used by anyone, so maybe a quick email to Euro Asia might be helpful for you?

Other Kashimax FiveGold are as follows:
They consist of a plastic shell and two pieces of leather that are bonded individually to the plastic shell with specific adhesives (if I remember correctly). That varying grades of the FiveGold saddle reflect the quality/type (smooth, suede, etc) of the leather and markings/embroidery (if any). The other different feature is the two different rail materials (steel or titanium).
There is one last unique detail to the handmade saddles: the man who constructs them clips a small piece of leather and places it in the nose of the saddle under the rails to keep it from squeaking.

juvi-kyle

In the words of [165], "it is not a ****ing lounge chair, it is a mother****in racing saddle. get over it, your never goin to have children anyways."

edit: oh...you mother****er, I told you.

edit edit: but I do like a man who can admit when he is wrong.

luckycat

Thanks for the info 165. I've never seen that one either(like a lot of stuff in the eai catalog). The shape seems a little different than my fivegold as well. It looks kind of like a skinnier turbo.