[CR]Question about saddle supports for track bikes

Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:20:04 -0700
From: "Sean Flores" <seaneee175@gmail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Thread-Topic: Question about saddle supports for track bikes
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Subject: [CR]Question about saddle supports for track bikes

So the other day someone posted a question on BF as to why people used to mount saddle supports on older track bikes. My only reply was when a saddle was forward mounted or had a ³flipped² seatpost, it added extra support. But it got me thinking, what was the point really? Were older saddle clamp s that unstable that they might fail during a sprint? Or is there some other reason I am just missing? Just curious.

Sean Flores
San Francisco, CA