I use San Marco Rolls saddles and have done so for the last maybe 10 or more years. The Ti railes ones are just as strong and maybe stronger than the ones with Chromoly rails. I believe that today, Ti rails may be all that are available anymore. The tops are quite flat from nose to tail and to my recollection have always been so out of the box. I do recall in the distant past having one or two instances of a Rolls saddle becoming swaybacked after a couple of years of use, which made it very uncomfortable. That said, it has been many years since that has happened and I have gone though quite a few Rolls since that time without a recurrance of the problem. I discard them now when the leather becomes very cracked and rough due to prolonged and repeated soaking with sweat. Liberal applications from time to time of neatsfoot oil does go a long way toward postponing or preventing the onset of cracking. This saddle (Rolls) is the most comfortable and satisfactory saddle I have ever experienced. I weigh slightly over 200 lbs and ride 5000-7000 miles per year.
Hope this helps.
Cal
P.S. Rolls saddles are getting a little harder to find these days. I find that Colorado Cyclist sometimes has them and almost always Excel Sports, Boulder Colorado has them. I always have my next one or two in the box in my closet.
<joseph.santaniello@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7cbcd944-f648-48a7-8d28-90c1ab5b8b24@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com... On Apr 16, 11:33 pm, Victor Kan <victor....@gmail.com> wrote:
On Apr 16, 4:44 pm, "joseph.santanie...@gmail.com"
<joseph.santanie...@gmail.com> wrote:
Now I'm
stocking up on Rollses, and I suppose I'll add another Ti to the
collection for safe keeping.
Are you stocking up on NOS Rollses when you find them, or buying the
new ones with the pre-cracked (textured?) covers?
I wish I had bought more of the NOS ones when Nashbar closed them out
a few years ago. When they ran out, I bought a couple of Vetta Race
Lites even cheaper from them and they've been pretty good too--about
the same width as the Rolls, less padding, not as flat either along
the length or across the width, but pretty comfy nevertheless.
I can't stand the ugly textured cover on the new ones, so I'm on the look out for NOS. Plus they came in snazzy colors!
Joseph
Those textured covers smooth out in about 1500 miles. Rolls steel rail saddles are available from Probikekit.com for only about $30 delivered. They usually run out of them as soon as they get a shipment in. Best saddle I have ever used.
