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- From: H.ZIERKE@BI-LINK.owl.de (Hans-Joachim Zierke)
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- Organization: Hans-Joachim Zierke - Private Site in Berlin
- Subject: Re: Specialized WTB saddle?
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 13:00:00 +0100
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- On 30.12.92, chandler@wc.novell.com writes:
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- *>>in summer i read something about a WTB saddle that will be produced by
- *>>Specialized (and thus, hopefuly not that expensive).
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- *>>Is this thing available yet? What are the prices/weight for the steel
- *>>and titanium model?
- *>
- *>I believe you're referring to the ProLong saddle. It has been available
- *>for some time here in the US. Specialized OEM'd them on quite a few of
- *>their upper-end bikes, but they didn't seem to sell too well as an
- *>aftermarket item. Colorado Cyclist (the mail-order place) was blowing
- *>out the steel-railed version for ~$20 (US). Either they had a lot of
- *>them or they simply weren't selling; because it was listed on every
- *>receipt I received from them for the last few months. I suspect the
- *>overly-long nose hindered the saddle's sales. (Although the rear
- *>portion looked like it would be easy to slide off of for more control
- *>on REALLY steep descents.)
- *>
- *>>thanks,
- *>>Adrian
- *>>--
- *>>Adrian S. Le Hanne Einoed Unix & Netzwerke, Koepenicker Str.154, D-
- *>>a1000 alh@einoed.in-berlin.de Berlin 36. Tel.: 030/611 31 26, Fax.: 030/
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- The german importer lists the Prolong saddles since spring 92. That doesn't
- necessarily mean they are imported, though. ;-)
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- Ciao
- Hajo
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