http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt Gale Bernhardt's personal blog on triathlon, mountain biking, road cycling, running, "for women only" stuff, running with a dog and other issues in the endurance sports world. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:50 GMT Jive SBS 3.0.8 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-10-21T16:25:50Z http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2009/10/21/the-seat-leash <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:7ccf2117-d150-40d7-8a73-fc7d543c1610] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p class="MsoNormal">In my ongoing series of looking back at old issues of <em>Triathlete</em> magazine, I found a column on this new technology called &ldquo;The Seat Leash&#8221;. It provided leverage by keeping the cyclist from sliding backwards on the seat.<span>&#160; </span>Apparently the Italians used a similar design at World Championships for cycling.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-15625-10147/Seat-Leash-web.jpg"><img alt="Seat-Leash-web.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="530" onclick="" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-15625-10147/620-530/Seat-Leash-web.jpg" width="620"/></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">(February 1988)</p><p class="MsoNormal">I believe the technology was nixed because the governing body for Cycling, UCI, deemed it an unfair advantage and triathlon followed suit. Anyone with more information on that ruling? <span> </span></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:7ccf2117-d150-40d7-8a73-fc7d543c1610] --> cycling triathlon the_seat_leash Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:50 GMT Gale Bernhardt http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2009/10/21/the-seat-leash 2009-10-21T16:25:50Z 1 month, 5 days ago 1 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/comment/the-seat-leash http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/feeds/comments?blogPost=15625 http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2007/06/14/current-events <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:d5195ce1-85de-42d1-b6e0-2cb0eacd667d] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p>Welcome to my blog. Many of you may be familiar with my columns or training plans on the Active Network. Those tools will continue to exist. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>What you will see in the blog is a variety of current-event oriented topics. That means a mix of my personal adventures, training information I find useful for the athletes I coach, answers about how to modify pre-built triathlon training plans or cycling training plans to meet personal needs, advanced-athlete topics and more. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>I look forward to traveling the blog journey with you. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>Gale Bernhardt</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:d5195ce1-85de-42d1-b6e0-2cb0eacd667d] --> training cycling triathlon gale bernhardt Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:20:00 GMT Gale Bernhardt http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2007/06/14/current-events 2007-06-14T23:20:00Z 2 years, 5 months ago 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/comment/current-events http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/feeds/comments?blogPost=1756