6.10.2025 This Ryet is a riot!

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  Monday 6th 49F/9.4C [7.40] A smudgy sky and breezy. It should be sunny all day as the NW wind slowly subsides.

 Up at 7am after a fairly quiet night. 64F/17.8C in the room this morning. After the stove was lit from 8-10pm last night. It reached 67F/19.4C at bedtime. 

 8.30 Back from my walk. Traffic heavy. Wind strong. Lots of twigs blown out of the hedges onto the road. I tidied the largest onto the verge. I brought the recycling bin back with me. 

 11.3 Back from shopping in the village. I bought a wrist and thumb support mitt. Not sure how much good it's doing. It looks like I have early stages of arthritis. Not an injury. My hands have been hurting for years on longer rides. Hence the need for a more upright position.  

 I have been watching a lot of YouTube reviews of Ryet 3d Carbon Fiber, printed saddles. They cost so little to purchase on AliExpress that I actually ordered one. To better match the size of the Brooks B17. Which is 170x280mm and weighs just under 550g. Weight is no object on an e-bike which uses heavy batteries for pedal assistance.

 The Brook's thick, leather top is much flatter than the Ryet but a completely different shape. The Brooks sits you far back on a hard steel frame. With a row of large rivets along the back. The Ryet is widest at the sit bone position or what I call "the bench." Most saddles have a preferred or natural sitting position. 

 There is a great deal of [deliberate?] confusion about which Ryet model you get from the numerous AliExpress adverts. Which often illustrate several models in the same advert. Yet offer no buyer's choice box or drop down list. Often exactly the same dealer has numerous prices without any clear indication of why this should be! 

 I went with the advert listing the largest 150x255mm with a carbon base. The same advert and advertiser [Ryet factory] show steel or carbon rails. Again without the buyer being offered any choice. 

 My order lists it as a Ryet "Aircode." BK plastic base. 255g. Not the illustrated carbon fiber base. Which I was expecting. Steel rails and [oval] carbon rails are both mentioned. This is the product detail list copied directly from my order acceptance mail: Will the correct Ryet saddle please stand up? 

 Rail: Full Carbon
 
 Model: Aircode
 
 Padding: 3D Printed Honey Comb

 Support Structur: Toray T1000 Carbon Fiber
  
 Dimensions: 255X150mm(10 lnch x 5.9 inch) Rail UD: CR-MO Rail Ø 7x7mm (0.27 Inch x 0.27 inch)Carbon Fiber :7x9mm (0.27 Inch x 0.35 Inch)
  
 Weight : Plastic Base 255±5g(8.99 oz±0.17 oz)Full Carbon Base 165±5g (5.82 oz±0.17)---------170±5g (5.99 oz±0.17oz)--------172±5g(6 oz±0.17oz)
 
 Grafic: Black/White
 
 Warranty:1 year
 
Applicable: Road Cycling / Mountain Bike Cycling etc.

 This fuzziness in description would probably put many, more cautious people off. If these saddles weren't so "dirt cheap." So perhaps worth a slight risk. No doubt the same vagueness would contravene consumer protection laws in Europe. 

 I expect to have to pay 25% VAT [about £6?] and import clearance charges. About £20 equivalent from Post Danmark. Though the final Danish carrier is not named. I'll obviously update when I know more. 

 I was automatically offered free postage and a first purchase discount by AliExpress. There can be few saddles in the bike shops. Which will fall under the total, delivered price. Delivery is expected to take about a fortnight. ETA around the 20th October. Tracking is provided with numerous details and updates. Yet no specific names of towns or cities. Which makes it utterly pointless so far! 

 Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast. I had no tomatoes.

 

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