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Post by lurker on Mar 8, 2018 6:12:49 GMT -7
i thought i'd review the seat presently on my 70s peugeot. as i was fleeing the bike coop with my peugeot frame and wheels under my arm, i noticed that the avocet seat was pretty ragged looking. so i glanced in the seat box, grabbed the first undamaged one i saw, and ran for it. "this looks good enough". the avocet went into the trash immediately, and the other one, a well-used but intact coda expert with a negligible trough for the delicate bits went on after a bit of finagling. and i like it, a bunch. i haven't ridden it much, but so far i've never thought "ow, my butt hurts", or "this thing sucks". i looked the coda expert saddle up on google and it gets mixed reviews, very mixed. people either love them or hate them. there are several on e-bay right now, 1 or 4 star reviews, anywhere from $5 to $50. this one is quite narrow, minimally padded, the mounting rails have calibrations for precise adjustment, and apparently a sturdy leather cover which shrugs off abuse. i notice they made other bike parts as well. i like mine, and recommend it. i'm told that coda is/was cannondale's house brand.
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Post by fatdaddy61 on Mar 11, 2018 10:39:19 GMT -7
Saddles are tough to review. Hard to get 2 asses to agree on anything  |
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Post by lurker on Mar 12, 2018 13:47:12 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 6:32:19 GMT -7
What is a bike coop?
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Post by desertbikes on Mar 13, 2018 7:22:29 GMT -7
Same question here. I understand the term but have never seen one. Cheap parts? Trades? Hows it work? |
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Post by lurker on Mar 13, 2018 8:34:20 GMT -7
it's not exactly a cooperative. some people are familiar with co-ops so that's what i call it. it's a 5013c charitable organization devoted to helping kids and adults to own and use bicycles. as i understand it, after 8 hours of participation in one capacity or another, generally involving building bikes for yourself or others, you "earn" a bicycle. ideally the one you built. they have 100 or 200 bikes in various states of disrepair. some will become parts, some whole bikes, and some scrap.
i had not worked on the peugeot i earned in the shop, but i helped them move when the lease expired and helped some local kids build their bicycles. and i donated my previous bike, a nearly complete huffy aerowind which i didn't consider worth the effort to rebuild, but someone else might. so yeah, cheap (free, or whatever your time is worth) parts, cheap bikes, service to the community. this one meets on the first and third saturday of the month, and i think is slowly dying through disorganization, but i've done my part.
the aerowind was a bike i acquired in trade for a free mountain bike, and it was a decent department store bike in its day except it had a lot of propietary parts which made upgrades and repairs difficult. the peugeot had a cracked chainstay which i had welded up, otherwise it would likely have become a parts donor, a sad end for a gracious old lady. i'm trying to figure out how to justify keeping both it and the denali i bought last fall, but the lady of the house is skeptical.
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Post by desertbikes on Mar 14, 2018 10:54:20 GMT -7
Thanks for the explanation. I would spend waaay too much time in a place like that. As far as keeping both bikes, and keeping the door open for future acquisitions, you might point out that it's a cheaper, better hobby than a corvette & young "mistress". Although it's probably not as much fun. If she takes it the wrong way then at least you'll have a few days of peace & quiet around the house.  |
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Post by lurker on Mar 14, 2018 17:14:13 GMT -7
Thanks for the explanation. I would spend waaay too much time in a place like that. As far as keeping both bikes, and keeping the door open for future acquisitions, you might point out that it's a cheaper, better hobby than a corvette & young "mistress". Although it's probably not as much fun. If she takes it the wrong way then at least you'll have a few days of peace & quiet around the house. i don't find the co-op, or bicycles either, that compelling. my other hobbies are far more likely to get me in trouble. i have a little firearm collection, and i'm fascinated by FAR103 ultralight aircraft. i AM planning to go in this saturday to help out.we'll see if any kids show up. we only moved a couple of blocks, but we're off main street now and out of sight, out of mind. |
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Post by lurker on Jun 11, 2018 18:23:19 GMT -7
having ridden this thing on th peugeot for 3 months, i've decided i don't like it. maybe too small for my big derrierre. swapping it out for the vitesse saddle that came on the denali, which is bigger and better padded.
eta: having ridden the vitesse on violet for awhile, i can say that i like it better. i think it's more the width than the padding. it is a bit (~80 grams) heavier.
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A bit warm. yes. Had to do another 2100 mile round trip on short notice. My back was/is in a real bad way & came home to a dead AC unit. Other than that its been just peachy! 
Great for some things. Vans are such a bitch to work on. But what car isn't anymore...