Toecutter
What would DoG do?
As if we might forget, someone from there called the day before to confirm our intent to make our appointment. She then called back a few minutes later to inform me that the 8:00am appointment had canceled and we could arrive earlier if we wanted. I let her know that we could not, as we planned to leave that morning and had a 5-1/2 hour ride before our noon appointment time. The first 190 miles of our ride were through mostly foggy conditions, a lovely start to the adventure. :angry: :angry: But then we popped out into the Northern California sun and after a fuel/coffee/warmup stop, were happily on our way and on schedule. 
We arrived and were guided into the driveway and onto a tirestand, where Seth photographed us on our stock seat. Rick was down the road, borrowing a tractor to complete some work on the electrical supply to his new shop building, and he was along a few minutes later to greet us, offer refreshments, and give us a tour of his home, where we were invited to make ourselves comfortable while he worked on our saddle. He then asked a few questions about our discomfort with the stock seat, and I told him I would like to go up about an inch or so to relieve some knee strain. I chose to go vinyl with basketweave inserts, which seemed like a good choice since I am almost always suited up in the air mesh kevlar. Of course, I wanted to hang around the shop and watch the work while Brenda sat in the swing bench and read a book she brought along. There was another visitor there, who shared stories and maps with me and the time passed fairly quickly. Before long, our saddle was ready for test sitting. I had Rick make an adjustment to ease some pressure in the testicular area and then it felt pretty comfortable. Brenda was happy with her half right away. We paid our balance, said our goodbyes and suited up to leave. Rick is a great guy and invited me to return and ride with him sometime.
Then the biggest problem of our trip occurred. For some reason, my speakers gave up the ghost and I couldn't hear Brenda over the intercom, but she could hear me. Our new Softline was being delivered back home as we didn't speak, talk about bad timing. We had planned to do Hwy 36 the next morning and ride through Fort Bragg down the coast to S.F. but without communication we decided to scrap the journey and head back home, after a hotel stay in Chico with some great Thai food for Saturday's dinner.
As for the saddle, I haven't been on it for more than 2-1/2 hours at one time since we got it, but it's way better than stock or the Corbin that was on the bike when I got it. I am going to contact Rick about sending the front half back for another minor adjustment, to relieve some peritineum pressure (the kind that can cripple you in a way Viagra can't help) like the more modern bicycle saddles are designed. I guess I could have thought of it earlier but I hadn't noticed on the stock seat, as there was just too much general discomfort to pin anything down. With the addition of the saddle, I really think I have the bike to where it is going to be as comfortable as possible. Moving myself up made me lean on the bars a bit, but is a good trade-off to relieve the stress on hip & knee joints. Bottom line, two more satisfied RMC customers!
We arrived and were guided into the driveway and onto a tirestand, where Seth photographed us on our stock seat. Rick was down the road, borrowing a tractor to complete some work on the electrical supply to his new shop building, and he was along a few minutes later to greet us, offer refreshments, and give us a tour of his home, where we were invited to make ourselves comfortable while he worked on our saddle. He then asked a few questions about our discomfort with the stock seat, and I told him I would like to go up about an inch or so to relieve some knee strain. I chose to go vinyl with basketweave inserts, which seemed like a good choice since I am almost always suited up in the air mesh kevlar. Of course, I wanted to hang around the shop and watch the work while Brenda sat in the swing bench and read a book she brought along. There was another visitor there, who shared stories and maps with me and the time passed fairly quickly. Before long, our saddle was ready for test sitting. I had Rick make an adjustment to ease some pressure in the testicular area and then it felt pretty comfortable. Brenda was happy with her half right away. We paid our balance, said our goodbyes and suited up to leave. Rick is a great guy and invited me to return and ride with him sometime.
Then the biggest problem of our trip occurred. For some reason, my speakers gave up the ghost and I couldn't hear Brenda over the intercom, but she could hear me. Our new Softline was being delivered back home as we didn't speak, talk about bad timing. We had planned to do Hwy 36 the next morning and ride through Fort Bragg down the coast to S.F. but without communication we decided to scrap the journey and head back home, after a hotel stay in Chico with some great Thai food for Saturday's dinner.
As for the saddle, I haven't been on it for more than 2-1/2 hours at one time since we got it, but it's way better than stock or the Corbin that was on the bike when I got it. I am going to contact Rick about sending the front half back for another minor adjustment, to relieve some peritineum pressure (the kind that can cripple you in a way Viagra can't help) like the more modern bicycle saddles are designed. I guess I could have thought of it earlier but I hadn't noticed on the stock seat, as there was just too much general discomfort to pin anything down. With the addition of the saddle, I really think I have the bike to where it is going to be as comfortable as possible. Moving myself up made me lean on the bars a bit, but is a good trade-off to relieve the stress on hip & knee joints. Bottom line, two more satisfied RMC customers!
