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[akasnowmaaan]

@adem

depends entirely on how turdly you want to make the buttways. A 7/4/7 wigglebiek frame most definitely has an expiration date on it. A surly with a light rider, maybe not.

I’m not even so sure about Surly with a light rider these days. Lots of reports of cracking chainstays next to the BB in the MTBR brand forum - I’d usually ignore them but it’s people with 2 or even 3 failures in the same place.

[Smitty2k1]

@Rusty_Piton

Every time I ride my Kogswell, I’m all, “is this the ride where the frame crumples under me?”
That thing is the wiggliest of wigglers and it feel so goooood

I feel that way about my new eesilk seatpost with selle anatomica saddle on top. I keep thinking my butt is going to bottom out into something

[Rusty_Piton]

@Smitty2k1

selle anatomica saddle

This will absolutely break eventually. I’ve never seen one that didn’t.

[alp]

you’ve only ever seen broken selle anatomica saddles? that’s crazy

[cheese]

the new-ish ones have replaceable frames at least

[Rusty_Piton]

I’m specifically talking about the X2:

A very comfy saddle, but my rails bent and then broke. Happened a couple times to @Dr_Shart_Attack_PhD, I believe, and once to a guy I know locally. That’s all the Selle X2s I’ve seen. All broke.

[Rent-to-own-Faxmachine]

It’s not if those rails break, it’s when they break.

Once I found the right Ergon saddle I swore off every other brand.

[jame5on]

That saddle explains why his dropper is sticky

[Rusty_Piton]

Found the offending saddle

(Why do I save things like this?)

[Orc]

Do those things have a 50 pound weight limit? Because that’s a pretty impressive failure mode for a saddle.

[b-roll]

I’ve replicated that failure on one of Sinyard’s finest doing terrible CX remounts for 3-4 seasons in a row. But I am a man of substance.

[Shamp]

@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine

It’s not if those rails break, it’s when they break.

Once I found the right Ergon saddle I swore off every other brand.

What’s your go to Ergon?

[johnasavoia]

My selle didn’t break but it bent soooo much and I would bend it back and then it would bend soooo much and finally I just decided it WILL break and retired it.

[lofarkas]

@Rusty_Piton

That thing is so pristine it looks like it broke on the inagurual ride home from the bike shop.

[karl_dandleton]

@Bootus

Specifically the original non-latex Finish Line formulation which can be hard to find now as it’s been discontinued. The new / current formulation is latex and may not be much different from any of the other latex competitors.

Or maybe just get the Muc-Off tube stuff Rudy mentioned above.

if you seek the og finish line, what you want is alleged to be the quickstrike offroad from multiseal

@spaghetti

did we just invent the slime tire?

yes, if you dig back far enough you will see that i have been espousing the slime tire* since like 2018 or 2019. the og formula of finish line was amazing for tubes

[Bootus]

Bookmarking this for later when the rest of my gallon jug of OG FL is used up

[Rent-to-own-Faxmachine]

@Shamp

What’s your go to Ergon?

SMC gel sport in the M/L width. I ride the men’s version, but the corresponding women’s model is surprisingly comfortable.

[Shamp]

@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine

SMC gel sport

HY that’s the one I’ve got too. I never think about my butt while riding so it must be good.

[Rent-to-own-Faxmachine]

Mine started creaking lately, so I should probably grab a spare soon.

[Rusty_Piton]

@lofarkas

That thing is so pristine it looks like it broke on the inagurual ride home from the bike shop.

I put it on the bike at the beginning of summer and it was broken before the leaves turned.