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I've got one of those. It's better than sweating all over
the floor (and a steel bike).

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From the impressive list of rather unnecessary or overpriced
cycling accessories, what is so outstanding about this one?

Ritch

PS. A hand-towel and some tape or rubber bands is an
effective and cheaper substitute for the product in
the link...

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A: Top-posters.
B: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

I always thought they were to rebound you when you nod off on the wind-trainer, back up into a aero position again 😄

or maybe its a hammock...

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you mustn't have ever seen how much salty crust builds up
inside headtubes if you're a dripper... Exposed brake cables
rust out quickly too!!!

The minoura front wheel raiser is nicer than the phone
book too 🙂

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you mustn't have ever seen how much salty crust builds up
inside headtubes if you're a dripper... Exposed brake
cables rust out quickly too!!!

The minoura front wheel raiser is nicer than the phone
book too 🙂

BTW Gemma, congrats on the Mavic stickers. (Damn you. I
wanted those 😉

Since I'm too lazy to start another thread, I coudln't help
snooping around, and noticed your Fizik Arione. Are you
happy with it? I've been thinking about getting one for my
new roadie but haven't found any opinions on it.

Cheers.
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Nick

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you mustn't have ever seen how much salty crust builds
up inside

headtubes

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if you're a dripper... Exposed brake cables rust out
quickly too!!!

The minoura front wheel raiser is nicer than the phone
book too 🙂

BTW Gemma, congrats on the Mavic stickers. (Damn you. I
wanted those 😉

Since I'm too lazy to start another thread, I coudln't
help snooping around, and noticed your Fizik Arione. Are
you happy with it? I've been thinking about getting one
for my new roadie but haven't found any opinions on it.

Heya Nick,

:P The stickers are for my track bike, it's a bit boring in
all-white. I have already added some class to it with some
"Cooper's" (beer) stickers near the botom bracket,
appropriate really since that's what it runs on!!!! (Carbo
loading, haha) The saddle wasn't for me - I bought it for my
'ugly half' after his saddle started to fall apart. He seems
quite happy with it, it looks good too. Nothing
revolutionary though - when I got my fizik vitesse it made a
world of difference to how long I could ride for. In width
the arione is about the same as a flite. One benefit already
obvious is that it lacks those kevlar corners and raised
stitching that seem prevelant on lots of saddles these days,
which tend to make knicks have a limited life because they
wear though. It's got very very long rails as well, so if
you're on the limit of your seatpost's adjustability that
also might be handy. Can't offer any personal insights as to
its comfort, I sat on it once and got off real quick, way
too narrow for me. If you want me to measure it up exactly
so you can compare to your existing one send us an email
gkernichatihugdotcomdotau

Cheers Gemma

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you mustn't have ever seen how much salty crust builds
up inside

headtubes

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Quoted message said:

if you're a dripper... Exposed brake cables rust out
quickly too!!!

The minoura front wheel raiser is nicer than the phone
book too 🙂

BTW Gemma, congrats on the Mavic stickers. (Damn you. I
wanted those 😉

Since I'm too lazy to start another thread, I coudln't
help snooping around, and noticed your Fizik Arione. Are
you happy with it? I've been thinking about getting one
for my new roadie but haven't found any opinions on it.

Heya Nick,

:P The stickers are for my track bike, it's a bit boring
in all-white. I have already added some class to it with
some "Cooper's" (beer) stickers near the botom bracket,
appropriate really since that's what it runs on!!!! (Carbo
loading, haha) The saddle wasn't for me - I bought it for
my 'ugly half' after his saddle started to fall apart. He
seems quite happy with it, it looks good too. Nothing
revolutionary though - when I got my fizik vitesse it made
a world of difference to how long I could ride for. In
width the arione is about the same as a flite. One benefit
already obvious is that it lacks those kevlar corners and
raised stitching that seem prevelant on lots of saddles
these days, which tend to make knicks have a limited life
because they wear though. It's got very very long rails as
well, so if you're on the limit of your seatpost's
adjustability that also might be handy. Can't offer any
personal insights as to its comfort, I sat on it once and
got off real quick, way too narrow for me. If you want me
to measure it up exactly so you can compare to your
existing one send us an email gkernichatihugdotcomdotau

Cheers Gemma

DOn't worry about measuring it Gemma.

I just read a review and thought the design was
interesting but haven't heard anything about how it works
in practice (ie. the way the slots are supposed to deform
and fit the rider).

I'm trying to figure out what saddle to put on my new
forthcoming roadie but saddle's are one of those things that
you never know until you try
it. All I know is that the one I've got now is not really
good for me.

I've only got it because I paid $6 for it in the Great Myer
Melbourne Selloff of 2000 where they managed to mark a
whole lot of stuff down because they didn't know what it
was - it's a Selle San Marco Squadra which really should've
cost ~$130 🙂

Cheers.
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Nick

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you mustn't have ever seen how much salty crust builds up
inside headtubes if you're a dripper... Exposed brake
cables rust out quickly too!!!

The minoura front wheel raiser is nicer than the phone
book too 🙂

Yep, I got the wheel raiser and safe-t-net included with my
mag trainer for cheaper than the other brands. Very handy
and does the job.
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The roadies are the ones who think it's a great ideas, the
hackers and MTBers just shake their heads ;-)

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