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04-15-2018, 03:06 PM
For the pad I was thinking more using the same material to make a correctly shaped pad, but it is pretty thin. Maybe it would work for a regular Sopris hard to say.
If the rookie lite + small panniers could be reduced down to 3.5 lbs total that would be a light saddle! Right now it's still in the 5 lb-ish arena, don't have the exact figures at my fingertips at the moment. I did weigh all the pieces and record them, including the "regular" Rookie with pads (which, if memory serves me correctly, were just flat foam pieces covered by the same cordura-style material so also synthetic.) Not sure if my "lite" is the new strap design or not as it does have 2 felt lined pads in front and rear as well as regular straps. Guess I'll know when I receive the custom white one.
If the rookie lite + small panniers could be reduced down to 3.5 lbs total that would be a light saddle! Right now it's still in the 5 lb-ish arena, don't have the exact figures at my fingertips at the moment. I did weigh all the pieces and record them, including the "regular" Rookie with pads (which, if memory serves me correctly, were just flat foam pieces covered by the same cordura-style material so also synthetic.) Not sure if my "lite" is the new strap design or not as it does have 2 felt lined pads in front and rear as well as regular straps. Guess I'll know when I receive the custom white one.