Don, You are correct the. The m5 seat will lower you about 1.5 inches. This is with the 2" open
celled foam pad. I have a female customer who has my demo CF seat on her GIRO, her new FG seat is in
the shop awaiting her arrival. The M5 seat took her from tip toe to flat footed. The M5 CF or FG
seat is available as a blank or with Bacchetta hardware. The Bacchetta hardware don't come cheap.
Although available the seats are going fast. The few I have are sold or dedicated to bikes in
progress or planed. I am currently planning to offer a STRADA with an M5 seat. These are planned to
be done in Mirror Black powdercoat. No two will be equipped exactly the same. I may well do a bright
red GIRO with Thraicain wheelset and M5 seat in the future. However, In keeping with my deal with
Bacchetta these will be shop only available, with some limited delivery by yours truly in the
mid-atlantic.
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Jude....///Bacchetta AERO St. Michaels and Tilghman Island.. Maryland Wheel Doctor Cycle and Sports,
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> I forgot to mention the other big reason I would like an M5 fiberglass or carbon seat. It is not
> just a silly gram thing. Yes, it is a silly gram thing but not JUST a silly gram thing.
>
> The M5 seats are supposed to put the rider 1.5-2" lower (if I remember the numbers from Rich Pinto
> correctly). I could use the lower altitude thing. It would also increase the seat to BB elevation.
> The Giro elevation difference is somewhat mild so that may be an improvement (maybe not). I just
> know the "big boys" (Corsa, etc) have higher relative BBs and are alleged to climb well. So does
> the P38. I am concerned that if I have the seat too far forward (and therefore higher)I will not
> have enough elevation difference between seat and BB and it will be too similar to my Haluzak.
>
> Short cranks should keep me from being too high at the top of the stroke. That may be a not
> previously acknowledged contributor to short cranks giving suprisingly good performance. Maybe
> with high BBs the top of the stroke (I mean crank arms perpindicular to the ground) is just too
> darn high. I am already aware of knee compression when the crank arms are parallel to the ground.
> I will be borrowing a 150 TA crank to try out. That will let me know if that is the correct size
> or if I have to go slightly one way or the other. It will also let me make a better choice of
> chain ring sizes.