Sizing a Bike

Sandy said:

Quoted message said:

Also my experience - I replaced the Brooks with a Fizik Arione on one
bike, and a Selle Italia SLR on the other, and that was the end of my
problems.

The key to comfort with a saddle is to avoid being an ideologue

Yup - realising that enabled me to dethrone the Brooks Holy Cow.

Quoted message said:

about the
subject and just let the few neurons available derrière help you decide.

Indeed - and they said "virez-moi cette connerie de Brooks"...

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 15:25:40 -0500, "Sandy" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The key to comfort with a saddle is to avoid being an ideologue about the
subject and just let the few neurons available derrière help you decide.
Guarding your rigidity will only help you enjoy riding less and less as time
and patience wear on.
--
Sandy

Hi Sandy,

I agree completely (and I happen to be a Brooksophile for
the last 45 years or so.)

The religious aspects of saddle choice has always surprised
me. How many would get so agitated were a friend to find
more comfortable, say, a hiking shoe different from their
own choice?

But say a similar things about saddles and you risk the
friendship...<g>

All the best,
--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

Kenneth said:

But say a similar things about saddles and you risk the
friendship...<g>

If they don't ride a Brooks, then they're really not your friends.

Paul M. Hobson said:

I've been looking for a new frame lately. It seems that at least SOMA
Fabrications and Gunnar are making frames with taller headtubes "to
eliminate the need for so many spacers." It seems they get it, at least.

There are two adjustable height stems for threadless headsets at the
Taipei Cycle show. One is from Germany, the SpeedLifter. Not sold in
the U.S. yet. The other is the Satori Easy-Up, see "http://
www.satoribike.com/page03_01_01.asp?ID=99771E97-66AD-461C-9CC9-D01600CBC72A"

Not clear if it's sold in the U.S., I could not get a straight answer
from the sales people at the HL Corp booth. They sell through Zoom,
but I have no idea if Zoom is distributing this product in the U.S..

I've run into this quite a bit at the show. There will be an
interesting product, but the manufacturer already has an exclusive
distributer in the U.S., but the distributer doesn't carry the
interesting product. Since the manufacturer won't sell to anyone else
but the distributor, the product remains unavailable.

Quoted message said:

Paul M. Hobson said:

I've been looking for a new frame lately. It seems that at least SOMA
Fabrications and Gunnar are making frames with taller headtubes "to
eliminate the need for so many spacers." It seems they get it, at least.

SMS said:

There are two adjustable height stems for threadless headsets at the
Taipei Cycle show. One is from Germany, the SpeedLifter. Not sold in
the U.S. yet. The other is the Satori Easy-Up, see "http://
www.satoribike.com/page03_01_01.asp?ID=99771E97-66AD-461C-9CC9-D01600CBC72A"
Not clear if it's sold in the U.S., I could not get a straight answer
from the sales people at the HL Corp booth. They sell through Zoom,
but I have no idea if Zoom is distributing this product in the U.S..
I've run into this quite a bit at the show. There will be an
interesting product, but the manufacturer already has an exclusive
distributer in the U.S., but the distributer doesn't carry the
interesting product. Since the manufacturer won't sell to anyone else
but the distributor, the product remains unavailable.

HL adjustable AH stems have been in the US market since 2005. The very
limited height range inherent to the AH format has made them less
popular than the simple 'extenders'.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

SMS said:

Paul M. Hobson said:

I've been looking for a new frame lately. It seems that at least SOMA
Fabrications and Gunnar are making frames with taller headtubes "to
eliminate the need for so many spacers." It seems they get it, at least.

There are two adjustable height stems for threadless headsets at the
Taipei Cycle show. One is from Germany, the SpeedLifter. Not sold in
the U.S. yet. The other is the Satori Easy-Up, see "http://
www.satoribike.com/page03_01_01.asp?ID=99771E97-66AD-461C-9CC9-D01600CBC72A"

Not clear if it's sold in the U.S., I could not get a straight answer
from the sales people at the HL Corp booth. They sell through Zoom,
but I have no idea if Zoom is distributing this product in the U.S..

I've run into this quite a bit at the show. There will be an
interesting product, but the manufacturer already has an exclusive
distributer in the U.S., but the distributer doesn't carry the
interesting product. Since the manufacturer won't sell to anyone else
but the distributor, the product remains unavailable.

Here's an example:
http://www.raleighusa.com/items.asp?deptid=5&itemid=413
The photo angle is not ideal, but if you hover over the stem area you
can almost see it.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971