Isn't that saddle going to create 3 little muddy puddles for your trousers to sit in? I wonder why they don't have drainage holes.
I've got a similar Pro Saddle on my road bike & it's very good. Stealth something or other.
And apart from the graphics on the tube, that Truflo tubeless pump is exactly the same pump as the Lifeline one that Wiggle used to do. I know, because I've got one.
And it works very well at getting tubeless tyres to pop onto the rim. Generally nice to use to be honest, apart from needing to take the head to bits for presta/shraeder. Oh, and I paid £59.99 for it, so it's more than doubled in price!
I have the Pro Enduro saddle, MSN 1.3, it has a drainage hole, available in several widths and is very comfortable!
RE the Oakleys - Unobtainium is a term used, mostly is Science Fiction, to refer to a material that cannot be accessed. Such a material might be rare, prohibitively expensive, controlled or simply nonexistent. A common observation about unobtainium is that it meets all requirements perfectly, other than not actually existing. So exactly what are those nose pads made of? And as per my £2.99 Lidl/Aldi cycling glasses they will break just as easily when you accidentally sit on them 🙂
As per @Lister I can't see a drainage hole in that saddle, soggy bottom!
Why cant we get track pumps that have a gauge with useable gauge for MTBs?
RE the Oakleys - Unobtainium is a term used, mostly is Science Fiction, to refer to a material that cannot be accessed. Such a material might be rare, prohibitively expensive, controlled or simply nonexistent. A common observation about unobtainium is that it meets all requirements perfectly, other than not actually existing. So exactly what are those nose pads made of? And as per my £2.99 Lidl/Aldi cycling glasses they will break just as easily when you accidentally sit on them 🙂
As per @Lister I can't see a drainage hole in that saddle, soggy bottom!
@gazzab1955, it looks like they have attempted to register Unobtainium as a trademark, not sure what the circled R means in true legal terms, when it has been used as a pun in manufacturing industry for years and then adopted by Cameron for a plot point in Avatar. Owned by Luxottica now after they refused to stock the brand in all sunglasses shops until the stock value dropped and Oakley caved and sold out. Luxottica now branching out and want to own words now as well as every glasses bran and shop.
Also, while I'm ranting - Temu DHF.
Bars - ordered! Thanks 🙂 Been desperate (giddit) for some more backswept bars, so gonna try these babies.
Saddle - I just don't find any saddle with a hole in the middle at all comfortable - just gives you more edges to sit on. Hate em
Syringe - I just received the Briskmore version (as recommended on a thread here), which looks far higher quality and is £20.
Pump - I could have 14 of my wonderful Lidl pumps for the price of that Truflo thing! lolZ!
Oakley have been using the name unobtainium for their rubber for a long time. They made mx grips from it before they made glasses.
Oakley have been using the name unobtainium for their rubber for a long time. They made mx grips from it before they made glasses.
Yeah, well before Avatar used the term, iirc.
Maybe its pronounced 'youknobtanium' in the boardroom when they chuckle while setting the pricing?
Those anglegrips are actually really clever, a good easy way to experiment even if you don't necessarily like the grips. Love it.
The term Unobtabium's been around since the 50s, there's no way it's legitimately trademarkable but that doesn't always seem to matter very much in the states, after all you can get IP rights with applications for things like "this is a standard issue linkage design that we just copied but it's 100% different because it's on a bike now"
Lezyne make the HV Floor Drive (with digital or standard gauge). It had a higher volume to pump bigger tyre up quicker and the analogue gauge only went up to 100psi so easier to read at lower pressures.
I have the road bike version that’s skinnier so it goes up to a higher pressure. But in hindsight wish I’d bought the HV version as I don't road bike much anymore.
I wish there were more MTB bars like the ProTaper 20/20 - backsweep of 20 degrees combined with a bend forward of 20 degrees, so your hands end up at the same point as with a regular riser bar so no need to switch stems, but my wrists love them - my favourite bars ever. 12 deg is not enough for me.
https://eu.hayesbicycle.com/products/protaper-carbon-20-20-handlebar?_pos=1&_sid=6c725186b&_ss=r
“Those anglegrips are actually really clever, a good easy way to experiment even if you don’t necessarily like the grips.”
Another benefit is that you’d get the extra back sweep at the end of the bars and avoid the reach-shortening.
Yeah, I use the nukeproof bars which have sort of "layforward" built in so that the slightly bigger backsweep angle than their old bars, puts your hands in the same place, it's not a huge difference on those but a nice touch.
I've been trying to find those protaper 20/20 bars but I can only find them on us sites or that link above and they don't ship to the UK. Currently using salsa 17 degree bends which helps but I reckon 20 degree would be perfect. I've got kyote bars on my rigid bike which are 27 which I find good but I want something light with sweep.
The other thing I like about them is you can run them with a 20mm rise or drop
