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Well then... What can be made of this???
Well then... What can be made of this???
Essax "up your bum" saddle
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Turbo Rider
Just can't reMember
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- A compounded speck of dust
Skidmarks ahoyyyyyyyy
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
Diggs
Veteran
- Location
- Billericay, Essex
I think it takes the idea from the saddle on Mr Garrison's IT bike from South Park
N(especially)SFW
N(especially)SFW
Gasman
Old enough to know better, too old to care!
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- Third Rock From The Sun
I once raced a girl who had a saddle like that.
She came first.
I'll get my coat.
She came first.
I'll get my coat.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Yikes. Instant castration if you sit down too quick.
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
And don't come back!<slams door>
Diggs
Veteran
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- Billericay, Essex
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
For the love of God this is NSFW!
View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3z8gXL6PmUI
Listen from 2:00 onwards.
View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3z8gXL6PmUI
Listen from 2:00 onwards.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
One of the best reasons to ride recumbents I've seen.
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
So the choice is a saddle designed to make sitting down as uncomfortable as possible unless you meet it's exact specifications and perform the correct archaic rituals......
or an Essax....
no thanks.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Whoever wrote a 'blog' about the saddle is quite serious about them. I just re-tweeted Cycling Weekly's post and got a 'look at my blog' reply.
You aren't supposed to ride on the nose, nor towards the back. Well that just buggers it up completely ? Move towards the nose when on the nail and spinning (fixed especially) and towards the back when descending. I'd not like a ruddy fin stuck up, as when you're coming back into the saddle after a sprint or accelleration, you aren't exactly aiming your rear at an exact spot on the saddle.
It claims it keeps you more centralised ? Never had that issue, also introduces more friction points IMHO. You certainly couldn't sit upright with it.
That said, it may have saved me from a trip to the docs for the snip if I'd used one !
Might have been less painful !!! 
You aren't supposed to ride on the nose, nor towards the back. Well that just buggers it up completely ? Move towards the nose when on the nail and spinning (fixed especially) and towards the back when descending. I'd not like a ruddy fin stuck up, as when you're coming back into the saddle after a sprint or accelleration, you aren't exactly aiming your rear at an exact spot on the saddle.
It claims it keeps you more centralised ? Never had that issue, also introduces more friction points IMHO. You certainly couldn't sit upright with it.
That said, it may have saved me from a trip to the docs for the snip if I'd used one !
Might have been less painful !!!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Quote the Cycling Weekly review
The Essax Shark saddle is an interesting concept and certainly makes you concentrate more on keeping your hips straight in the saddle.
It's not keeping hips straight that I'd be worried about !
The Essax Shark saddle is an interesting concept and certainly makes you concentrate more on keeping your hips straight in the saddle.
It's not keeping hips straight that I'd be worried about !
