Saddle Swap and Try - discussion thread
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Saddle Swap and Try - discussion thread
Postby europa » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:34 pm
Saddle Swap and Try
Saddles are a very personal thing and what suits one bottom may be unbelievable torture to another. The only way to find out if a saddle works is to sit on the thing ... for quite a few kms. Strangely, bike shops are reluctant to give you a saddle for a quick 100km test ride So some of us who have spare saddles have offered to lend them to other forumites to try.
Obviously, this will work on trust. We here at Bicycles Network Australia have no ability to control this or to recover lost saddles ... though abusers of this may find their priviledges on the forum severely curtailed.
It works thusly:
- people with a saddle they don't mind lending to a total stranger, place a post in this thread stating where they are and what the saddle is
- the owner of the saddle is free to refuse any request for a loan for any reason and need not give that reason
- people who wish to test ride a saddle, Private Message (not post on the open forum) the owner and negotiate the whole business.
- the borrower of the saddle will be responsible for all postage costs
- the owner of the saddle may not ask for any money for the loan (it is a free service)
Because this operates on trust, and in general, the only way we have of knowing other forumites is through their posts on the forum, I strongly recommend that loan saddles only be available to people with established records on the forum or who have a saddle available for loan. This is not a hard/fast rule, the owner of the saddle is free to loan it to whom he pleases, but I suggest that new members don't ask as refusal can offend.
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Postby europa » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:37 pm
Let's discuss the system first before anyone lists any saddles.
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Postby europa » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:50 pm
Not a bad idea - does the owner note that in his post or does it come out during the negotiations with the borrower?MichaelB wrote:It might also be worth mentioning if the saddle that is up for swap would be available for purchase, or is strictly for loan only ?
Apart from that, I'm up for it - the trying bit anyway ...
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Postby MichaelB » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:04 pm
Note it in the post. Probably more like that sale is up fro negotiation rather than state a price, otherwise, it should be in the FS sectioneuropa wrote:Not a bad idea - does the owner note that in his post or does it come out during the negotiations with the borrower?MichaelB wrote:It might also be worth mentioning if the saddle that is up for swap would be available for purchase, or is strictly for loan only ?
Apart from that, I'm up for it - the trying bit anyway ...
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Postby europa » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:21 pm
Along with the ruling that the saddle must be available for loan as well as purchase.MichaelB wrote:Note it in the post. Probably more like that sale is up fro negotiation rather than state a price, otherwise, it should be in the FS section
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Postby Kev365428 » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:12 pm
Slightly off topic, and only for those in Sydney, the Bike Barn at Parramatta have said to me in the past that they are happy to loan a saddle for a few hours to test out.
Good on them, I say.
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Postby LuckyPierre » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:06 pm
I suspect that you should delete these 'noise' messages Richard and we can kick the idea off.
ps. as usual, I've had another idea as soon as I said: "Sounds good".
Post date / time / place for 'saddle swap' meet and greet. Then a group could get together and try a few saddles across an afternoon (or just sit in the sun in a beer garden and talk about saddles).
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Postby europa » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:26 pm
Both good moves Peter, though I think the saddle swap meets are best organised on a local level. Like to try one for Canberra?LuckyPierre wrote:Sounds good to me.
I suspect that you should delete these 'noise' messages Richard and we can kick the idea off.
ps. as usual, I've had another idea as soon as I said: "Sounds good".
Post date / time / place for 'saddle swap' meet and greet. Then a group could get together and try a few saddles across an afternoon (or just sit in the sun in a beer garden and talk about saddles).
I'll clean up tomorrow - give a few more people time ot respond ... such as Christopher who's probably going to have kittens
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Postby heavymetal » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:26 pm
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Postby Kalgrm » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:50 pm
Cheers,
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Postby europa » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:45 pm
That's a very good idea, or a link to where they might be seen in a shop or something.Kalgrm wrote:What you have written above sounds exactly like what I had in mind Richard. I'll also post photos of the saddles I have in my own posting, but we should not make that compulsory.
Cheers,
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Postby Kalgrm » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:34 pm
It's a seat, not a dinner plate. You're no more likely to catch a disease from sitting on someone's saddle than you are to get pregnant on public transport!
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Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:48 pm
It hasn't actually changed size, it has changed shape to accomodate your riding position. I know mine has...europa wrote:.....How come my tummy's so big then?
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Postby europa » Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:39 pm
I'm really posting here to ask if we want to expand the service to other bits and pieces. For example, I've got a suspension seat post off the horrible hybrid. There are a pair of 27 x 1 1/4 wheels. There's the Porsche 244 that lives up the road
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Postby Kalgrm » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:14 pm
I like the idea of other stuff for loan. Perhaps we should just have a single thread where people who want to try something out can post to ask if anybody has one to lend. Otherwise we'll have a thread full of stuff nobody wants and is too full to browse (a bit like my shed ....)
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