That you will come away from IM Florida with a story to top the red ants!!!!

That is pretty interesting, I'd respond with what you just posted about that doesn't leave you feeling comfortable about putting the same saddle with a known issue back on the same bike and ask what your options might be.

Edited to add that given how much time you have on that saddle vs. time left, I would personally look at picking up anothe r brand ASAP if they don't respond back immediately with a good answer. 

i heard back from cobb and they are sending me a new saddle.  they've always had great customer service so i wasn't surprised by this even though its out of warranty.

however... this is the part i'm not really understanding.  ginger, john's wife wrote

"We have found that this saddle “problem” happens on the Cervelo aero seat post—the clamping angle is different from other frames."

if its a known issue why would i put the same saddle back on.  and not to be a jerk, but why would they even resend the same saddle.

the number of hours i had on the current saddle when it failed on my cervelo is close to the number of hours i'll spend for the rest of this round of IM training.  meaning, race day will be in the red zone of when the failure is expected. 

anyone have any thoughts? 

ok,  here's the latest.  i spoke with John for a bit about it.  Apparently its the side clamp force on the cervelo seat clamp that's the issue.  he's had 5 our of ~2000 fail and they've all failed on the cervelo.

he said don't worry about it.  just keep riding the new saddle and a month from the race call him up and he'll send another.

again, i really appreciate the customer service, but i'm not sure this give me the warm and fuzzies about this seat.

i've tried the max and max+ and neither have worked in the past.

 thoughts? 

ok,  here's the latest.  i spoke with John for a bit about it.  Apparently its the side clamp force on the cervelo seat clamp that's the issue.  he's had 5 our of ~2000 fail and they've all failed on the cervelo.

he said don't worry about it.  just keep riding the new saddle and a month from the race call him up and he'll send another.

again, i really appreciate the customer service, but i'm not sure this give me the warm and fuzzies about this seat.

i've tried the max and max+ and neither have worked in the past.

thoughts? 

ok,  here's the latest.  i spoke with John for a bit about it.  Apparently its the side clamp force on the cervelo seat clamp that's the issue.  he's had 5 our of ~2000 fail and they've all failed on the cervelo.

he said don't worry about it.  just keep riding the new saddle and a month from the race call him up and he'll send another.

again, i really appreciate the customer service, but i'm not sure this give me the warm and fuzzies about this seat.

i've tried the max and max+ and neither have worked in the past.

thoughts? 

ok,  here's the latest.  i spoke with John for a bit about it.  Apparently its the side clamp force on the cervelo seat clamp that's the issue.  he's had 5 our of ~2000 fail and they've all failed on the cervelo.

he said don't worry about it.  just keep riding the new saddle and a month from the race call him up and he'll send another.

again, i really appreciate the customer service, but i'm not sure this give me the warm and fuzzies about this seat.

i've tried the max and max+ and neither have worked in the past.

thoughts? 

Glad you came out of the experience right side up, John.  Hope you get the saddle issues worked out. 

Had a good hot weather acclimation day yesterday.  Got a 1 mi swim, 38.5 mi. ride, and 1.5 mi. run accomplished in 97 degrees.  Started reading "Fifty Shades of Grey" last night and when I finally glanced at the clock I was on page 160 and it was 2 am.  LOL   Resting and reading more today.  Hubby keeps asking, "Well?" Told him he's going to have to read it for himself.

As far as a mg relay race, count me in.  I'm not fast, but I can last a long time.

P.S.  How is it possible to ride 112 (or even 56) miles in 90 degree temps?  And then to run afterward?  I just can't wrap my mind around it.  I think I could survive the ride, but wouldn't be able to do any running!

Glad you came out of the experience right side up, John.  Hope you get the saddle issues worked out. 

Had a good hot weather acclimation day yesterday.  Got a 1 mi swim, 38.5 mi. ride, and 1.5 mi. run accomplished in 97 degrees.  Started reading "Fifty Shades of Grey" last night and when I finally glanced at the clock I was on page 160 and it was 2 am.  LOL   Resting and reading more today.  Hubby keeps asking, "Well?" Told him he's going to have to read it for himself.

As far as a mg relay race, count me in.  I'm not fast, but I can last a long time.

P.S.  How is it possible to ride 112 (or even 56) miles in 90 degree temps?  And then to run afterward?  I just can't wrap my mind around it.  I think I could survive the ride, but wouldn't be able to do any running!

Glad you came out of the experience right side up, John.  Hope you get the saddle issues worked out. 

Had a good hot weather acclimation day yesterday.  Got a 1 mi swim, 38.5 mi. ride, and 1.5 mi. run accomplished in 97 degrees.  Started reading "Fifty Shades of Grey" last night and when I finally glanced at the clock I was on page 160 and it was 2 am.  LOL   Resting and reading more today.  Hubby keeps asking, "Well?" Told him he's going to have to read it for himself.

As far as a mg relay race, count me in.  I'm not fast, but I can last a long time.

P.S.  How is it possible to ride 112 (or even 56) miles in 90 degree temps?  And then to run afterward?  I just can't wrap my mind around it.  I think I could survive the ride, but wouldn't be able to do any running!

Be careful out there.

Doing hill repeats tonight. I'm slowly grinding out one, I see a guy zipping down the other side. I hear a SMASH. Look over, he's laying on the gravel. He was descending, and a car was turning left. Fair enough. Then buddy in a Ford F150 goes around the car turning left and rubs my guy into the curb and over into the gravel. While he was laying on the ground, he said he saw the driver of the truck slow down and and look in his rearview mirror and then take off. Cops came. But no license plate, means nothing doing. Had a guy walking his dog run over to help> He let our teammate go over to his place and cleanup after. And his helmet was cracked.  Grrr.

You would be surprised what you can accomplish in high heat when you pace yourself. 

Going out for my long ride tomorrow and it supposed to hit 107F with the heat index.  I don't have to run afterwards, but I am heading back to the High Bluffs for 8-10 Cat 5 climbs and acclimitation.  I've never ridden 5+ hours in this kind of heat and humidity, but I am armed with the data from my last 90F ride and just plan to hydrate more and pace myself accordingly.  Stay tuned.