Saddle features
The first thing I did with those friction buckles was get rid of them. They were the most annoying, slow, clumsey to clip and unclip, and yes, they came loose.
I replaced them with big, heavy duty 2" wide Fastec buckles. I got them from a dive shop and they seemed to be heftier than any others I've seen.
Now before anyone jumps me for replacing clumsy metal hardware with plastic, note that it's not your leg straps that keep you in the saddle; it's the big belt around your waist that's holding you in. Different saddles being different, on my Versatile, the leg straps are mostly holding the backside of the saddle close to my arse, and the buckles themselves take on relatively little stress.
The advantage is this: Instant-click in, one leg at a time (using two hands), and double instant click out (using one hand per leg), unclipping both legs simultaneously when you want out.
If getting in and out of my saddle weren't such a repetitive thing, in any given day, I would maybe suffer with the unruly, standard metal hardware, but more likely, I'd find legstraps that have a buckle like Blaster's, up above, which is the same style as the waist buckle on the Versatile. These are almost as fast, and quite bombproof.
If anyone knows where to get the Fastec-type buckles, though the ones made out of Aluminum, please spill the info to us. Which saddles already have this 'Fastec' leg feature? I know they're in use. -TM-
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