35 gram dash saddle

[Donald]

My new saddle looks very well made. I am looking forward to installing it on my bike tomorrow and going for a ride. I think that with this saddle and the dash hubs my bike should be around 7.98 lbs. 3,640 grams. I will put it on the scale tomorrow.

[mdeth1313]

"for people with little butts". As some of my students would put it: "That's stupid yo!"

very nice. love to see the limits pushed

[pritchet74]

Wow. It's like a trike saddle!

[Donald]

Yesterday I had a nice ride with the new saddle. My experience was about the same as on my Becker saddle, when sitting down I didn't feel that there is the very short nose. Nothing different going from standing to sitting than other saddles. The saddle is comfortable and I don't think there will be any problems with it. dash has many different models but this one is the lightest.

[mdeth1313]

it should be called -- Da-Shtubby (that's german for "ax-lightness: take that! )

Oh man, I gotta go to bed!

115 mile ride tomorrow!

[FAQinc]

like a sawn off shotgun it looks menacing!

[über-goober]

I've worked on some bikes that had noseless saddles - not for weight savings but because the rider had men's health issues. (Is there such thing as Weenie weenies?) Anyway for me it is nearly impossible to ride no-hands on one.. Can you still ride with the hands off the bars?

[Donald]

I have had three rides with this new saddle. I can ride no hands on the bar, but if the saddle was tilted down a little there could be a problem riding no hands.

[Fuchs]

you maybe have to ride with no weenie

that would be überweight weenie in a way.....

[TheRedMantra]

What, no cutout?

[Gumgardner]

I just read about the nut saving qualities of a nose-less saddle. Plus it's lighter. I like it.

[Ypsylon]

Not to mention not having to worry about the 5cm setback rule.

Are the rails really red?

[Gumgardner]

Dash makes some nice products, but boy is it expensive! Too expensive if you ask me.

[HammerTime]

So sayeth Mr. AX Lightness.

In any event, they lighten your bike and your bank account.

[Gumgardner]

Exactly. I'm into AX and buy AX without a second thought and I think Dash is too expensive. That's the point. They really are limiting their market. Is $800 for a saddle a little much?! They also squeeze their market even tighter by limiting their rider weight limits to 80kg and less.