Hey Jiangshi--- um, thanks for the saddle advice on my bar-wrap topic?

Or are you just trying to prove our boomer-trolling friend in the above thread correct? That would be a funny joke.

Bike fit is pretty personal, wouldn't you say? I've been riding Regals for 20+ years, and they are by far my favorite saddle, to the point that I buy them whenever I find them for a reasonable price. They work best for me with a veeeeery slight upward tilt. I'm still dialing in the bike above, and yeah maybe the tilt is too much--- but as I said, I'm dealing with a too-short stem which is definitely pushing me back a bit. I also don't love how far back the saddle is jammed on the rails. However, I did 35 miles on this bike yesterday and all felt pretty good--- I bet when I get a longer stem the saddle nose comes down, the saddle slides forward 1 cm, and things will sort out just fine.

Ultimately, no one has to ride my bikes but me, so if you want your Regal dead level, more power to you... I've tried it.

I'm not love with the leather to the point that I'd buy new stuff if re-stitching doesn't work. This is a $50 bike that I'd really like have a longer stem on, end of story.

Was just curious if anyone else had tried re-installing old leather wraps. If not, I'm perfectly happy to make my own way and pay the price of my experience-- all the best learning I've done has come the hard way, and we are just talking about handlebar tape in the end.

This bike has already been tons of fun. Going to take it over some Vermont Class 4 roads tomorrow...

Cheers,

N