riding P-R without a saddle

[Climb01742]

JVS started his marriage at P-R. it seems this could end a marriage, or at least fatherhood...

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/MG_opvallend/1.1000639

[d_man16]

I have to give the guy some major props for pulling that off

[AngryScientist]

this is when the race radios really come into play:


"HEEEEEELLLLLPPP!!"

[RPS]

Apparently even light weight guys break equipment. Great job continuing though. :beer:

[Chousen One]

Damn, that is some dangerous riding...

[BdaGhisallo]

I'll bet that his legs were mighty sore after that 20km!!

[thwart]

That's really tough over cobbles... much more weight on the arms and hands...

He certainly earned his P-R win!

[Nooch]

seems some of you are thinking that's JVS... it's a Team Sky rider... :)

[thwart]

Duh, gotta be more observant. You mean that Sky thing on the shorts actually means something? :rolleyes:

[DY123]

Curious what broke. The saddle or part of the seatpost?

Looks like the rear mount/bolt on the seatpost.

[BrownBear]

I'd rather have to contend with that than a broken steerer tube...hincape...cough cough

[ultraman6970]

ouch!!!

Thanks god that never happened to me ever. And hope it wont.

[Fixed]

tough guy never quit
cheers

[flickwet]

One screw came out of his seat post and...

[merlinmurph]

Back in the 80's, Cindy Whitehead broke her saddle at the beginning of a 50-mile mt bike race. Take a look. (http://sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/whitehead.htm) One tough chick.

[Fixed]

she must have had good lungs
cheers

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . a few years ago--magnesium clamp on a Deda Blackstick post. Saddle didn't come off but I had to siut on the saddle and clutch it with my legs the whole 7 miles home. Not fun.

There was also a guy I photographed at Mt. Snow several years ago whose post broke on the first lap of the men's cross country and he rode the rest of the race with no saddle--through the woods, technical sections--it hurt just to watch him go by.

BBD

[Wilkinson4]

That is bad ass. He wins for sheer guts. Now, if he would have had a bike like this he could have one w/o fear of an anal probe. Third pics down.

http://www.fastboycycles.com/gallery.html

mIKE

ps. CW was bad ass as well.

[WickedWheels]

Don't sit down, don't sit down, don't sit down, don't sit down....

Did anyone notice that the Prologo looks an awful like a San Marco Aspide?

[neiltron]

That is mighty impressive. Wow. I've tried to ride without a saddle and couldn't last 10 minutes before I thought my legs were going to explode.

[WeakRider]

Once, some dirtball stole my saddle and seatpost, and I had to ride home from work (7.5 miles) standing...on a fixed gear.

So brutal. I can't even imagine riding saddle-less on the cobbles of P-R.

[rugbysecondrow]

. . . a few years ago--magnesium clamp on a Deda Blackstick post. Saddle didn't come off but I had to siut on the saddle and clutch it with my legs the whole 7 miles home. Not fun.

There was also a guy I photographed at Mt. Snow several years ago whose post broke on the first lap of the men's cross country and he rode the rest of the race with no saddle--through the woods, technical sections--it hurt just to watch him go by.

BBD


I had something similar to this when I raced in a Xterra offroad tri a few years ago. My saddle was all over the place, forward, back, up down. The only thing it didn't do was go side to side. It was a long ride to finish, then I had a 6 mile trail run that beat me up more. :crap:

[cole91]

Ouch. These companies having stuff break all over the tv on these races are really kicking their own nuts. I think I would stick full water bottle in my bibs in between my legs and sit on it? McGyver?

[VTCaraco]

. . .
There was also a guy I photographed at Mt. Snow several years ago whose post broke on the first lap of the men's cross country and he rode the rest of the race with no saddle--through the woods, technical sections--it hurt just to watch him go by.

BBD

I was at the ER in Bennington a number of years back the weekend of the Mt. Snow NORBA race when the place lost it's focus as a rider came in with some anatomical damage from a broken seatpost. I never got any details ~ and, frankly, didn't really want to know too much. My colleagues wife is the triage nurse there and confirmed the whole ordeal. She said many very, very uncomfortable stitches were needed; and left it at that :eek: .