Yeap they got some more of my money! But I think I have solved all of my saddle issues. I went there looking at new saddles, and while I was "looking" one of the guys (maybe the owner) came up to me and asked me if I needed help, and I asked if they had any more saddles other than the ones I was looking at hanging on the rack. He then said "and we have these over here" pointing to a big pile of saddles on a shelf sort of hidden behind some other stuff. Then he asked me about my "current" saddle, I explained to him what my current one was, and why I thought I needed a new saddle. He agreed and told be that any of the saddles off that shelf would be $15.00, then I asked if they were saddles that came off new bikes that the customer wanted an upgraded saddle before the bike even left the showroom. He said they were. So I looked at a bunch of the saddles off the shelf, and decided on one that was about the same length and width as my current one. So I decided on an "Avenir Comfort Plus" model, it's got springs on the backside, and the underside shell is plastic (vs steel on my current one) and the seating surface seems to be lycra. I came home bolted it on, took it for a ride around the block for a little test, and it seems okay, the springs kind of give your back end a little wigle that I am not quite used to but seems to smooth out the ride a bit!
Hats off to the LBS this time! Thanks for all the advise I got here in the newsgroups.
"Veloise" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Ken said:
...I think I have solved all of my saddle issues. ...big pile of saddles on a shelf sort of hidden
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some other stuff. ...saddles that came off new bikes that the
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wanted an upgraded saddle before the bike even left the showroom....
The $5.00 box is my favorite part of shopping at an LBS, and most if not all of my saddles come from there. Glad it worked for you too!
--Karen M.
Well I don't know that they have a "box" but someone told me it is a good place to look for a saddle. I usually don't really like the LBS becuase some of the guys that work there are less than helpful. But a new saddle was in order, and I wanted to feel it before buying it, something that is hard to do online.
