Originally Posted by
bulldog1935
Gee, ya think?
I've ridden a lot of miles and ridden through a lot of saddles - Brooks Champion, Special, Select, SA, Rivet.
Brooks Select and Rivet are the only saddles that last for me. I'm big, I ride aggressively, and I ride a long way. 6 months each had me way past halfway on both SA stretch bolts.
The Rivet, btw, is designed by Debra Banks who before that helped design the SA....
The design concept is obviously the same with the Rivet as the SA. I like the "sling" idea and the fact that these never ridge. But are you saying that the Rivets are built sturdier than the SA? Selle Anatomica does say in their literature that it's for riders "up to 250 lbs" if I'm not mistaken so that does leave room for bigger guys breaking rails now and then. I'm only about 190 lbs.
I have SA saddles on three of my bikes and they have stopped stretching except for the one I bought at the end of last year.