On the rivet

[martint235]

I always took this phrase to mean you're on the front of the saddle where a Brooks has a single rivet and trying hard on a climb. However in "The Escape Artist" Matt Seaton says it refers to the rivets at the rear of the saddle where I might be for maximum sprint power.

Which is right?

 

[Fab Foodie]

I think Seaton wrong. There is one rivet on the front, several at the rear, so grammatically it would be on the rivets. However anyone giving it the beans is sitting on the nose of the saddle.

 

[screenman]

If I am sprinting hard I sure is not sitting on the saddle, so could that be called on the air. Giving it plenty but not sprinting, yep I slide forward onto the rivet, that is if my saddle had one.

 

[Ian H]

It doesn't refer to sprinting but to riding hard, as, for instance, in a lone breakaway.

 

[midlife]

I was actually looking for a pic of Phil Bayton but this will do

Shaun

 

[martint235]

I was actually looking for a pic of Phil Bayton but this will do

Shaun

Yep that's how I always thought of it

 

[midlife]

Ok here's a gratuitous pic of the Staffordshire Engine at full throttle and I guess he will be on the end of the saddle

Shaun

 

[gavroche]

Ok here's a gratuitous pic of the Staffordshire Engine at full throttle and I guess he will be on the end of the saddle

Shaun

Is that Silvester Stalone? I didn't know he was into cycling.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Ok here's a gratuitous pic of the Staffordshire Engine at full throttle and I guess he will be on the end of the saddle

Shaun

Proper handlebar tape too, none this padded nonsense.

Well 'ard we were back then.

 

[Ian H]

Well 'ard we were back then.

Though tactically not that clever (in this particular case).

 

[midlife]

If you look carefully he could do a mean Stallone sneer too

@ Ian H Yep, tactically time trialling off the front wasn't always the best choice but made for exciting racing...... a tactic I copied

Shaun

 

[sackville d]

I have known it referred to as riding in the Belgian style.Maybe for obvious reasons.
To be clear it refers to sitting on the front of the saddle, not the back.. Where did he get that from?

 

[steveindenmark]

Ok here's a gratuitous pic of the Staffordshire Engine at full throttle and I guess he will be on the end of the saddle

Shaun

Even the motorbike cant keep up.

 

[dellzeqq]

Proper handlebar tape too, none this padded nonsense.

Well 'ard we were back then.

couldn't afford or abide tape. Bare metal!

 

[Globalti]

Yikes, look at those skinny wheels.