Anyway, whatever it is, they were gross - I wouldn't have been seen dead with one.....
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Ah - of course "εφεμερα" - things designed to not last more than a day.
Just to establish- is we talking about lycra covered saddles, which I had one of and quite liked, or lycra saddle covers, which were kind of pants..........??
The good old lycra saddle cover. The garish, stretch to fit, watch it fade and go translucent, supposedly seat protecting and "style" enhancing sadle condom.
Lycra covered saddles were fine 'till you dropped the bike and had to buy a lycra cover.
That was on my first MTB a peugeot if I remember correctly lasted about 6 months and it got traded for a proper bike my beautiful holdsworth with all the trimmings. I think I had a zefal seat cover but I remember it was bright pink I was rocking an Orange Lycra helmet cover then too haha