{"id":421,"date":"2008-10-23T19:25:39","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T01:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=421"},"modified":"2008-11-03T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T00:42:06","slug":"saddle-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=421","title":{"rendered":"Saddle Modification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies: Have you ever wished that your Fizik Vitesse had a cutout?<\/p>\n<p>I know when I got mine that I thought that the shape of it was perfect, but that the lack of any soft tissue relief was problematic and eventually led to removing it from my bike. However, the other day I was reading the Team Estrogen message forum and saw a post by a gal who, with the help of her boyfriend, sucessfully skinned her Vitesse, created a channel in the foam, then cemented the cover back on. I immediately had to try it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The initial peeling:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-427\" title=\"dsc_6914\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6914-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6914-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6914.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marking where I want to cut:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6916.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-425\" title=\"dsc_6916\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6916-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6916-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6916.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used a really sharp knife:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-422\" title=\"dsc_6918\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6918-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6918-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6918.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then coated both surfaced with DAP contact cement:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6919.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-426\" title=\"dsc_6919\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6919-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6919-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6919.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Voila! My Fizik Vitesse now has some soft tissue relief:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6921.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-424\" title=\"dsc_6921\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6921-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6921-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6921.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-423\" title=\"dsc_6920\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6920-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6920-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/dsc_6920.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now whether it will be comfortable or not is something that I&#8217;ll have to find out tomorrow or Saturday. The one concern I have is that the edges of my cutout will do what the edges of every other cutout have done (cause saddlesores). Hopefully not. Either way, it&#8217;s been a fun project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies: Have you ever wished that your Fizik Vitesse had a cutout? I know when I got mine that I thought that the shape of it was perfect, but that the lack of any soft tissue relief was problematic and eventually led to removing it from my bike. 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