My new saddle is on its way!

[wiley_p]

The hitch will run high for some. It's below sternum level on me, doesn't bother me at all. As to the wear on the rings, stuff wears. Big deal. If a saddle gets you 4-5 years of 5 day a week, 10 months a year of climbing, You made money with a VERY low daily cost for your saddle. If you are attached to a worn out saddle, Newtribe will be happy to replace individual parts for you.

 

[wiley_p]

Darin, the waist belt cinches just like the other NT rigs. It's a pain to get it undone, they certainly do not come undone once set snug.

 

[Old Monkey]

For me me the bridge on floating D ring saddles has worn out in about a years time for two different manufacturers, while the rest of the saddle was still in fine shape. Its not about stuff wearing out as it is wearing out prematurely with no easy way to replace it.

 

[SkwerI]

Wild, I've never heard of anybody ever wearing out a D ring before.

 

[Old Monkey]

The bridge, not the D ring itself.

 

[wiley_p]

A year? What saddle is wearing out that fast? Is it the sporty Sequoia or something beefier? A year is a little short to justify.

 

[Widow Shooter]

looks like a well thought out saddle; the only place they hiccuped was in the fact you have to send it back for bridge replacement, that sucks large... I like the fact I can swap mine out in 10 min or less

 

[Old Monkey]

A year? What saddle is wearing out that fast? Is it the sporty Sequoia or something beefier? A year is a little short to justify.

Both my Weaver and my Blair saddles had wear issues with their bridges after about a year. My number two climber had similar issues with his Buckingham in less than a year. From what I have seen, Floating Dees wear out webbed bridges too rapidly. I am curious how this double bridge saddle wears.

 

[pigwot]

Cary,
Since New Tribe is primarily rec oriented I doubt the 'majority' of their customers would ever consider replacing a bridge.
Now if New Tribe are serious about the commercial market, which demands a lot more from the equipment perhaps they may want to consider a replaceable /adjustable length bridge.
I say 'perhaps' because I won't get to try one until the climbing rendezvous in Kentucky this coming week, and maybe I'll find out it really is 'practically perfect in every way' (as my daughters might quote Mary Poppins)....

 

[SkwerI]

That makes sense, Darin. I ran into the same issue with my Tree Austria II, my first one lasted about a year and a half.

 

[sotc]

My Blair's lasted a few years each

 

[stig]

Have you tried cutting the floating Dee out and replacing it with a nylon roller?

I did that on my old weaver saddle and not only doesn't it wear the bridge out so much, it makes it much easier to roll from side to side in the saddle.

 

[brendonv]

I'd never question the durability of a New Tribe product. My saddle's still plugging along with no noticeable wear. Probably over 5 years old.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Have you tried cutting the floating Dee out and replacing it with a nylon roller? I did that on my old weaver saddle and not only doesn't it wear the bridge out so much

Burnham suggested that to me a while back. That's the only way to go. I can't believe Weaver doesn't do this as well. Practically NO wear on the bridge whatsoever.

 

[TreeDimensional]

Looks brand new. Might help if ya used it!!!!!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I wish it still looked like that!

 

[Old Monkey]

Have you tried cutting the floating Dee out and replacing it with a nylon roller?

I did that on my old weaver saddle and not only doesn't it wear the bridge out so much, it makes it much easier to roll from side to side in the saddle.

We did that for one of my guys. Its a moot point for me and my Sequoia.

 

[stig]

But since the Sequoia has a replaceable bridge,why bitch about wear on it?

Replace it instead.

 

[Widow Shooter]

yep, easy to do, and easy to inspect

 

[stig]

Sure, much better than the rope bridges IMO.

I climb on a Sequoia these days, too.

 

[Old Monkey]

I wasn't complaining about the wear on my Sequoia. I was commenting on the interesting and new saddle at the beginning of this thread that has D rings running on a bridge made out of webbing.

 

[stig]

Ahh, gotcha!

 

[Widow Shooter]

I knew what ya meant Darin love my sequoia's I'm curious to see how the bridge fares over time and lots of climbing.

 

[rangerdanger]

Nice looking saddle(The NT one), but I think I'll stick with my TM or Sequoia. I've had excellent luck with both of them, and to me, the NT saddles are more for rec climbing than actually work. Plus, I love the bridge design on both the TM and Sequoia. Easily replaceable and its easy to install different hardware onto the bridges(rings, swivels, etc).

 

[Burnham]

I'd been looking forward to this new saddle with bated breath ever since I heard about it's development...now looking at it I suspect I'd not like it as much as I would have hoped. The bridge appears to mount your hitch much higher than I would prefer.

Not fair to make a judgement without trying it out, for sure. I'll have to figure out a way to do that.