Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
To my surprise, my Fizik pave CX saddle has just failed on me, cracked right in half across the saddle! Now I am not a light guy being 6'3" but I am not a big build either, being fairly slim so quite shocked to have this fail.
At 1st I heard some creaking so slowed right down and rolled about in a local park to try identify the source, I was concerned it was the frame creaking since it was creaking even when I wasn't pedaling and with the pedals essentially unweighted and doing it over even the slightest bumps. After some odd looking riding trying to find the source I decided to stop and push on the saddle to make the bike creak so I could listen better and hopefully find the creak, lo and behold the saddle bent easier than ever when pushed and the creak was obviously from the seat area, having looked underneath, the shell is completely snapped.
Oh well, good excuse to get rid since I hated that saddle anyway!
Going to have to ride with a backup white saddle on my all black bike for a few days now though....... bummer!
Pic's to come when I take it off.
At 1st I heard some creaking so slowed right down and rolled about in a local park to try identify the source, I was concerned it was the frame creaking since it was creaking even when I wasn't pedaling and with the pedals essentially unweighted and doing it over even the slightest bumps. After some odd looking riding trying to find the source I decided to stop and push on the saddle to make the bike creak so I could listen better and hopefully find the creak, lo and behold the saddle bent easier than ever when pushed and the creak was obviously from the seat area, having looked underneath, the shell is completely snapped.
Oh well, good excuse to get rid since I hated that saddle anyway!
Going to have to ride with a backup white saddle on my all black bike for a few days now though....... bummer!
Pic's to come when I take it off.