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03-03-17, 12:48 PM
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I'm a sucker for perforated saddles. In practice, though, I found they didn't hold up very well to hard use, and that went for both my Turbo Super as well as my Flite -- I'm not quite sure what it was.
Let's also not forget this guy:
It's not as uncomfortable as one might think
Let's also not forget this guy:
It's not as uncomfortable as one might think
03-03-17, 05:25 PM
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enginerd
I don't know anything about the Evo 3, but the Evo 2 replaced the Ti rails with carbon rails and was supposedly an honest 95-99g
03-04-17, 12:36 PM
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THE STUFFED
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I had a NOS perforated turbo, it did not last long before I had to respray with car seat paint.
Continuing the 80's flite hypetrain, there appears to be a nubuck leather one with the same cover as the throwback turbos. Shame there's no black yet.
This suede-ish cover wears better than the perforated and leather ones in my book; the color will first fade in contact areas then the texture of the suede wears away leaving behind smooth leather.
03-04-17, 09:51 PM
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Nubuck on that saddle is just weird to me -- I can't square the shape with the material (and brown just seems wrong!). A Flite to me should be smooth black with the yellow Flite name on the nose; I'd be too impatient to wait for the nubuck-y bits to wear away.
03-05-17, 11:55 AM
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I thought the same thing but in this case the bike is 9 Lb and the guy rides it regularly.
This particular bike isn't for show bike or a lab experiment. He has over 40k miles on it and seems to be a decent engineer, makes his own carbon parts in some cases.
Seems like this is the real deal.
-Tim-
This particular bike isn't for show bike or a lab experiment. He has over 40k miles on it and seems to be a decent engineer, makes his own carbon parts in some cases.
Seems like this is the real deal.
-Tim-
03-05-17, 06:04 PM
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I thought the same thing but in this case the bike is 9 Lb and the guy rides it regularly.
This particular bike isn't for show bike or a lab experiment. He has over 40k miles on it and seems to be a decent engineer, makes his own carbon parts in some cases.
Seems like this is the real deal.
-Tim-
This particular bike isn't for show bike or a lab experiment. He has over 40k miles on it and seems to be a decent engineer, makes his own carbon parts in some cases.
Seems like this is the real deal.
-Tim-
03-11-17, 01:47 AM
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03-11-17, 03:08 PM
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Give it up. Even Felt wants you to put gumwalls on your bike. 
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I'm happy to concede on white tape tho.
Tk2 - Felt Bicycles
I'm happy to concede on white tape tho.
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03-11-17, 04:16 PM
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Give it up. Even Felt wants you to put gumwalls on your bike.
Tk2 - Felt Bicycles
I'm happy to concede on white tape tho.
Tk2 - Felt Bicycles
I'm happy to concede on white tape tho.
