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@skoota
Toure is a beaut, loved it around town but rode it to brighton and far too much flex after a long while, fine if your not riding fixed, where you can subtly adjust your seating position and then continue pedalling but everytime i'd get it just right i'd hit a bump and it'd knock me out of the loop again. i lasted about 30 miles before it started to hurt. Also they are very delicate and £80 so you have to be careful when flipping your bike upside down to change your wheel. Cracked mine after 3 months, its on my second bike now. Oh yes and if you have any kind of hole in your jeans the little wings at the back slice them open when you slide on. I tiny hole that had been their for years turned gaping as the lights went green. I also have an Alias which is the younger / cheaper brother, thicker, stiffer, 150 times better saddle, although i havent ridden it past 30 miles yet. Bought that in Condor, wanted the toure and the guy, (S.A, Boer, dutchman) really helpfully insisted that it would flex too much for a fix. Ended up buying both a couple months apart cause that toure is so frikin sexy... but the man was right i now look at wingflex longingly.
Also i bought some condor gel shorts, kept thinking i had lady ones...not much good for the back bottom.