Re: [CR]Vinyl/plastic seats: when did they start being sold?

(Example: Racing)

Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 19:35:36 -0400
From: <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Vinyl/plastic seats: when did they start being sold?
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To: john@os2.dhs.org
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I used to like the TTT saddles because the fit was right for me. But they were way too stiff. I used to add extra holes in the bottom to try and make them flex a bit. The Japanese saddles like Fujita totally missed on this need to flex.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: John Thompson
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 07:24:00 -0000
Subject: Re: [CR]Vinyl/plastic seats: when did they start being sold?


> Chuck Schmidt wrote:

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\r?\n> > The Unicanitor was supposed to flex just like a leather suspension

\r?\n> > saddle and even had a nose tension adjustment screw. This was

\r?\n> why it

\r?\n> > originally was made with no additional rubber padding or leather

\r?\n> cover.

\r?\n> Sounds like my 70s vintage "Arius" (Spain) saddle: nose tension

\r?\n> adjuster, varied shell thickness and judiciously place holes to allow

\r?\n> flex, etc...

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\r?\n> --

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\r?\n> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)

\r?\n> Appleton WI USA