Context: The company is German and has been around long enough (120 years) to have seen it used as a hate symbol during WW2.
Context: The company is German and has been around long enough (120 years) to have seen it used as a hate symbol during WW2.
A German company dating back to WW2 using a WW2 Nazi symbol on their 2023 product isn’t at least a little suspect?
I honestly couldn’t believe it.
Also, how’s the saddle? I’m considering getting it. LOL
Hahaha I’m not saying it’s not a funny coincidence, because it is - I just don’t think it was intentional :D Probably just a international red cross symbol, usually associated with medical/health, but in this context…
It’s really comfortable! I bought it in Lidl for around $15 to replace my stock saddle which was hard as life itself. Big difference - couldn’t sit on my ass for weeks after a longer cycle on the old one. No issues now.
The saddle literally has Medicus in its name and written on the product but yes surely the cross is not associated with medicine but with the Nazis.
Op is a bit trigger happy and looking to be offended.
As posted previously, they changed the symbol from a more traditional medical cross to this WW2 Nazi emblem cross.
I’m not offended, nor do I intend to offend. I thought it was funny. Sheesh.
Dude stop calling it a WW2 Nazi cross unless you want to call the current German military also Nazis for using the Balkenkreuz.
Please go educate yourself before you make such wild claims.
I’ve merely pointed out that Nazis used it on pretty much every military vehicle, more so than swastikas.
Does this look remotely similar to you??
In any case, it was a post I made from a funny observation. You can calm down now. It’s really not that important.
Seems like pricing in Europe is way cheaper than North America. It’s like $50+ Canadian.
I’ve got a Brooks Cambium C17 that I’ve ridden with for thousands of KM, but it’s not super comfortable after 120km at a time, even with padded shorts. My MTB, on the other hand, has a relatively cheap saddle that feels more comfortable with regular shorts… this Wittkop looks like a nice alternative to the Brooks.