Dear Don:
Ooooh, take any recommendations on what saddle is "more comfortable" with several large pinches of salt. You might as well ask whether a good rider can detect a difference between tubular A and tubular B in a blind test.
What's good for A is poison for B. Try to get some cheap used examples of specimens to try before you plunge big bucks into pristine examples. You'll usually find you develop a roster of saddles that work for you, and others you avoid like the plague. Just to show you how subjective it is, I like the bumpy Avocet Tourings that Jerry says are nearly identical to the Turbos, but can't sit on a Turbo for more than 20 miles. Why? Beats me. The other saddle I can't stand is the Profil aero. For other on topic saddles I like Concors and Brooks B-17s, but have trouble with Brooks Pros. And I'm always looking for Cinelli Unicanitor 3s and 4s, while others I know despise the Uni. Vive le difference.
Tom Adams
Manhattan, KS
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [CR] 3Rensho Saddle Question NOW Comfortable Saddles To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "donald gillies" <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 4:20 PM
I think Selle Italia made the Avocet, and the Avocets are virtually a customized version of the Turbo. In particular, the Women's Turbo is virtually identical to a Women's Model II Avocet, wich happens to be my wife's favorite saddle.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] 3Rensho Saddle Question NOW Comfortable Saddles
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 2:46 PM
\r?\n> 'Back in the day', which was closer
\r?\n> in comfort to an Avocet Touring
\r?\n> saddle, the San Marco Rolls or Selle Italia Turbo ??
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Both of these on-topic saddles have been reissued and are
\r?\n> relatively
\r?\n> affordable now, so they might make a good choice for the
\r?\n> 3Rensho
\r?\n> tandem.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> - Don Gillies
\r?\n> San Diego, CA, USA