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Submitted by
Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Plymouth
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | It doubles as a hammer. | | Weaknesses: | It would be an insult to weaknesses to list what's wrong with this POS as weaknesses. | | Similar Products Used: | old bonty saddle | | Bottom Line: | I have no idea how many times I've rubbed oneout in my lifetime - thousands perhaps - but I wish I'd had the foresight to freeze at least one batch of semen before using this Godforesaken product. It is the worst thing that ever happened... ever. Don't buy one unless you're a priest or something like that where impotence could actually be a positive thing. I wish I could give it negative flamin' chilis. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric Hoefer
a Cross Country Rider
from NY
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Hunter Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Its lightwieght very low profile so i can get my weight back quicker | | Weaknesses: | It is harder than a rock and very uncomfortable to sit on, would have replaced it by now but i hardly ever find myself sitting on the seat when riding | | Similar Products Used: | Stock seat that came on my last bike | | Bike Setup: | Wildwest silver LX XT mix Avid Single Digit Ti breaks RS Psylo fork | | Bottom Line: | If you value comfort in a seat dont buy this, if you sit down alot when riding your ass will hate you. If you like a lightweight low profile saddle and find yourself up off the saddle 90% of the time like me then get it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kafari menambasu
a Racer
from newton
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | north shore | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | stock on my bike | | Strengths: | possibly to kill the persons family who invented this godforsaken torture device | | Weaknesses: | this seat amazes me in a different way. It appears that the corporate devils at specialized have come up with a scheme to make all bikers infertile and unable to reproduce who use this saddle. Thus, they can market to different riders who can afford better bikes when the population of users who own this seat slowly die out in this artifical selection., I would rather sit on the seatpost then on this cancer causing peice of junk. This saddle may have been why lance got testicular cancer, which is my hypothesis due to the extreme impact and pressure loads this saddle can incur onto the genitals when in a sitting position | | Similar Products Used: | selle italia gel prolink (not similar at all!)-which is my current saddle | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Id, dirtjumper II, hayes, xt, you know the rest | | Bottom Line: | i wish there was such a thing as negative turds. i would compare a brief sit in this saddle to a peice of sandpaper scraping against your balls and ass for 45 mins. Maybe it was a prank by specialized, who knows. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christopher Green
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix, Arizona
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | they're all good | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | A GREAT doorstop for the MTB enthusiast! | | Weaknesses: | In over 30 years of cycling (road and dirt) this is the WORST saddle I've ever experienced! | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Body Geometry | | Bike Setup: | 02 Specialized Enduro | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is this saddle will destroy your bottom line! If you pay less than $5 for this saddle, you'll still pay too much! I'd almost rather ride on the seatpost!
The best place for this saddle is on the floor of your bedroom...use it as a great doorstop!
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Submitted by
Alan
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado Springs
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Pipeline | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Cheap form of birth control | | Weaknesses: | Everything | | Similar Products Used: | Salsa Zona Tres, Bontrager, Serfas ARC | | Bike Setup: | Dekerf Team, X-vert, XTR, raceface cranks, monkeylite risers..... | | Bottom Line: | My girlfriend got this seat on a Titus Loco-moto that she bought on ebay. I had sold my Bontrager seat and was waiting for the Serfas to arrive so I was forced to use the torture seat. I read the reviews and thought it couldn't be THAT bad. Well....it's worse. This saddle brutalzied me on a five hour ride. I had to stop often to let the pain subside. This is the worst saddle ever made. Specialized should pay anyone who's used this saddle for pain and suffering. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rachel
a Weekend Warrior
from Clemson, SC
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | None, unless you like sitting on a sharp rock | | Weaknesses: | Everything! | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Tassajara | | Bottom Line: | This seat came on my Tassajara that I bought used off of ebay. The bike was previously some kid's, and there is absolutely no way that that kid will ever have kids in the future. I rode on this seat just around the neighborhood and ended up bruised in my well, neither regions. It was like riding on a sharp pointy rock! It had been awhile since I'd been on a bike, so I thought that maybe I had just turned into a wuss. Then I started reading these reviews and realized that that seat is just plain horrible. Whatever you do, do not buy this seat, and if you have it already, throw it away, there have got to be better things out there. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik Williams
a Cross Country Rider
from Newport Beach, Ca, USA
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any downhill trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | easy to get behind | | Weaknesses: | is this worthy to called a saddle? | | Similar Products Used: | comp | | Bike Setup: | enduro pro | | Bottom Line: | Sucks! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick Howard
a Weekend Warrior
from Jackson, Tenn, USA
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | green stream ride | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | strong as a rock literally!! | | Weaknesses: | crappy feel, hard as a rock, ouchies!!! | | Similar Products Used: | none as bad as this piece of lump | | Bike Setup: | Stumpy M2 | | Bottom Line: | I had this on my stumpy and after my first ride on it which was for only a weekend miles, my ass was in soo much pain i was crying...DAMN!!! What is this piece of crap anyways?!?!? If it is a seat, it surely can't be made for humans asses to seat on...maybe for martian butt. My wife said i was walking like a monkee around the house...very funny!! Someone in the R/D dept @ specialize must really hate bikers and made designed this this this thing to hurt us during rides as some sort of revenge...well mister 'YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED!!!' if i ever get my hands on you, i make you ride on this as punishment. I let me friend rode this thing the next weekend cuz he wanted to try out my cool stumpy, which i think rules btw, and he complain about this seat too and uses words that i can't say on here :-P This thing has since went in the trash and now that i have the saddle from my old bike on this one, my butt is happy again and so im i. If i can give you 0 chillis, i would.
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Submitted by
Dude
a Weekend Warrior
from Georgia
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | all of 'em | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Mikes Bikes | | Strengths: | Matched my bike color....looked like a pretty cool upgrade | | Weaknesses: | come on...I'll type in some weaknesses when I pull the darn saddle out of my blistered arse | | Similar Products Used: | nothing this bad | | Bottom Line: | Thought it was a nice upgrade, looked pretty cool on my bike. I can't believe I paid 25 bucks for this enema on a seatpost. The rails already bent almost in two, the durn thing won't set right on my post, uncomfortable as hell. I will never ever buy anything again without checking the reviews for it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Redding, Cal
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Chimney | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Looked cool on new bike. | | Weaknesses: | I can't believe that something could be so bad. I had an old Cinelli saddle that you could hammer nails with, but it was miles ahead of this poor thing. | | Similar Products Used: | "original specialized saddle", still use on my road bike. | | Bike Setup: | M2 pro
2001 Giant xtc 1 | | Bottom Line: | Amazing that someone at specialized didn't ride this saddle, if they did they should not quit their day job. I put it on the shelf with the cinelli. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave E
a Downhiller
from UK
Date Reviewed: November 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | um... can't rip it. that's about it. | | Weaknesses: | I wonder if it'd be more comfortable to just sit on the seat post? ;) This thing is completely the wrong shape for anyone's butt-the central part is the highest, meaning sore butt hole. The bits that hold the saddle on the rails are showing serious stress marks and are cracking. | | Similar Products Used: | various SDG saddles | | Bike Setup: | Specialized FSR Comp 99, Z1CR. | | Bottom Line: | Specialized really need to wake up and realizing that they're equiping their bikes with unaccaeptable parts - bottom brackets (they all die in a few months), saddles (well just look at all the reviews here!) a cheaper specializde saddle gave my brother actual sores on his but!, the cranks aren't too popular either (my chainrings have worn v. fast) If you buy a specialized bike, get the saddle swapped for something like a WTB SST, an SDG comp, or anything else that you see a lot of people using happily, basically. Dont even consider buying this from a shop, even if they're offering it real cheap, cos the reason it's cheap is that it got swapped of a new bike by someone who realised! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Twister
a Downhiller
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Saratoga. | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Campus Bikes | | Strengths: | It has a nice color, and as weird as this sounds, it's stiff. That just makes me get down the hill faster. That's why I like it | | Weaknesses: | It is kind of uncomfortable, but that really makes me get places faster. Except up hill, but that's why I'm a downhiller | | Bottom Line: | It's cool. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
shawn
a Cross Country Rider
from Fort Lauderdale
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | retailer | | Strengths: | what? | | Weaknesses: | uhhhhhh... hard as diamond. My ischial tuberosities are inflamed and sore as hell. I'm now in a standing position describing this saddle. My buttocks are chaffed. | | Similar Products Used: | other saddles | | Bike Setup: | Specialized M4 | | Bottom Line: | Don't do it man...... save yourself. Run Run far away from the saddle. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Can be used as an axe | | Weaknesses: | See strengths.
Plus, a light seat does not do any good if it's at the expense of sitting on it. | | Bottom Line: | I looked at the reviews of the M2 Comp, and almost every one of them commented on the seat. I'm old school, and thought that the younger generation just needs to know how a "real" seat feels. I've completed my first ride on the new Stumpy, and let me tell you that thing was designed by a Chineese torture artist. I feel like starting a support group for the other reviewers, and our first order of business is taking care of all of those people who are driving the rating of this product above a one. One of you hold them down while I bend over and show them my newly formed hemmoroids, then we can take the seat that's coming off my bike and bury it in their forehead--it's got to be sharp enough.
Anyone want to buy a seat? It's only been ridden on once, and I'll make you a really good deal on it. I'll even pay shipping! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom Lewis
a Cross Country Rider
from Ipswich, MA
Date Reviewed: August 23, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Lynn Woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Bike Shop in Gloucester | | Strengths: | Got Me? | | Weaknesses: | Uncomfortable, Undurable, Unfriendly | | Similar Products Used: | Lotsa Saddles | | Bike Setup: | Titanium hardtail | | Bottom Line: | OK, Iv'e had it! I can't ride on this saddle any longer. There have been time's out on the trail I have literaly scooched down and sat on my top tube to get away from this saddle for awhile. Been ridin for over ten years... THE most uncomfortable saddle I've owned. Plus, leather is coming apart from shell. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim
a Weekend Warrior
from Medford, Oregon
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | watershed loop | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Colors...that's it!!! | | Weaknesses: | Ouch!!! "Earth to Specialized" SIT ON YOUR SADDLES!, and you'll know what we mean when we say "OUCH!!!" | | Similar Products Used: | Rocks | | Bike Setup: | Stumpy M2 | | Bottom Line: | To quote a famous beatles song. "You say you want a revolution", well you can have mine!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Butch
a Cross Country Rider
from Vermont USA
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | The Grind | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Looks like a seat | | Weaknesses: | EVERYTHING!!! It makes my butt sore and numb. It creakes like it's it's going to break at any time. It sits crooked on my post, but I suppose that's normal considering what a piece of crap this is. | | Bike Setup: | Stumpjumper A1 with: 9.0SL LX XT XTR Kore Sun Bracer post | | Bottom Line: | Even at 15 dollars this seat is a disgrace to the Specilized name. It would be more comfortable to sit directly on the seat post. What an incredible piece of crap. The worst component I have ever bought for my bike by far. I would give this 0 chillis if I could. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CJ
a Cross Country Rider
from Western NC
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | No need to to spend money getting fixed if you don't want anymore young'uns. | | Weaknesses: | Wouldn't break in, uncomfortable, leather came unglued. | | Similar Products Used: | Selle Flight Gel (replaced this one), Avocet on last bike. | | Bike Setup: | Stumpy | | Bottom Line: | After a year of just thinking seats were more and more uncomfortable as I got older, I found out different. The leather covering finally came unglued and started to fall off, so I replaced it with a Selle Gel, no more numbness, makes those long rides enjoyable again. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Osiowy
a Cross Country Rider
from Regina, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Whitetail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | looks nice | | Weaknesses: | about as comfortable as strapping a rock to your seatpost | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey Vector Comp, WTB SST, various OEM saddles | | Bike Setup: | '99 Stumpjumper Comp, rise bar, new seat (duh), better tires | | Bottom Line: | Right after the demo ride on my Stumpy, I had the seat changed. This seat is HARD... do yourself a favour and buy an aftermarket seat! Jeez, I'm sooo much happier with my 3-yr. old Ritchey Vector Prolite seat on the bike. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Suzanne Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from Edmonton, Alberta
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Edmonton Rivervalley/Canmore/Anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | The Color Love the "Orange" very spanky!
| | Weaknesses: | Won't Break in
| | Similar Products Used: | My first Specialized seat on my Rockhopper, not sure of the make, but it was almost as painful & I have a Terry Liberator that will now be on my Stump | | Bike Setup: | Stumpjumper M2 Pro
| | Bottom Line: | I thought I should rate this being a Chick & all...
This Seat came with my bike, it's so sharp, looks terrific with the panty blue color of the stump this year, you know it actually feels sharp, it's like riding on razor blades, there's no give, it won't break in, With having a different anatomy from the boy's & all I thought perhaps riding everyday that I would get use to it, I can say I am still in agony & will have to look for another seat, sterile for me is probably not an issue but it's hard to walk & sit like a lady after riding on this seat, it is the worst experience I have ever had with a seat, but hey the extra exercise from riding standing up all the time gives me good endurance to keep up with the boy's on the trails, all I can say is if this seat comes with your new bike, try & trade it, If you're shopping for a seat, look at other ones, this one hurts.
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Submitted by
Scotty
a Cross Country Rider
from vancouver
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | neds | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | leather, kevlar, good looks, light | | Weaknesses: | every thing else abput it sucks | | Similar Products Used: | SDG comp, selle italia flight | | Bike Setup: | '99 lava dome, numerous upgrades | | Bottom Line: | i picked up this saddle for $15C on its looks. crap at a good price is still just crap. i have never experienced this much discomfort riding a bike in my life. no type of adjustment would ease the pain. i picked it up to replace the stock SDG Comp stock vinyl saddle that NEVER gave me any problems. i picked up a s.i Flite because i know they're great and my comfort is worth the $90C. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jake
a Cross Country Rider
from Syracuse, NY
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | It looks cool | | Weaknesses: | like sitting on a seatpost with no seat
Hurts my nutts | | Bike Setup: | Stumpjumper m2comp, came with the seat oem. | | Bottom Line: | This seat sucks, hurts when you ride it, hurts when you don't. Looks cool though. Thought maybe I'd get used to the feel of it, threw it off a cliff on the 2nd ride. I'm going back to my sst. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jesse
a Weekend Warrior
from Brooklyn NY
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | points down | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | fits my ass | | Weaknesses: | broke to soon! | | Bike Setup: | 99 fsr comp with MTN. Speed Bering kit. | | Bottom Line: | Fits me better than the WTB and Bont fs-10 ive tried. I usually get a little sore when i haven't ben riding. I broke my first one on a really minor crash, jummping in the park. i go a little sideways on the bail and the seat took the hit. The rail was cracked and up against the top of it. Went to shop and got it replaced. It's ben fine since, but I am looking for something more confortable. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
swolen ass
a Cross Country Rider
from us
Date Reviewed: February 27, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | looks cool | | Weaknesses: | everything, absolutly everything
| | Similar Products Used: | none, there is nothing similar to this piece of crap (thank god) | | Bike Setup: | stump m2 pro | | Bottom Line: | DO NOT, i repeat, DO NOT buy this seat, do not even try this seat. This is the worst component I have ever tried. I would have been more comfortable riding with out a seat. I rode this seatonce for about fve hours. Eve with wearing two pair of padded shorts my ass was so sore I couldn't stand sitting down on the couch. I think my balls are going to fall off. I should probably go to the hospital to get checked out. Avoid this piece of crap!! You won't be able to break it in because you will be too sore. I burned mine then threw the crappy carcass in the trash where it belongs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
roland
a Weekend Warrior
from belgium
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | legerete | | Weaknesses: | fragile | | Similar Products Used: | fizik nisene | | Bike Setup: | rockhopper comp fs | | Bottom Line: | J'ai recommence à faire du velo il y a deux ans seulement, après une (tres) longue période d'arret. Sur les velos de mon enfance, le confort etait inexistant... on s'en foutait ! Avec cette P** de selle, je me suis dit que dans ce domaine, on n'avait pas fait de progrès en 20 ans. Ca m'a étonné, mais je me suis fait une raison, jusqu'au jour ou e me suis rendu compte que les rails etaient tordus. Je me suis acheté uns selle fisik nisene.... et je me demande bien pourquoi je me suis casse le C*** sur une telle M**** pendant deux ans | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rich
a Weekend Warrior
from Seal Beach, CA
Date Reviewed: January 30, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | Flexy, hits top of seatpost. | | Similar Products Used: | Performance Titanium | | Bike Setup: | 94 Rockhopper FS and 97 Specialized Allez M2 Road Bike | | Bottom Line: | Used seat for 2 years on both bikes. Never had any problems other than the seat hitting top of seatpost (note: no sign of failure except for marks from the seatpost). It's been a pretty comfortable seat once broken in (just like every other seat). -1 chili for flex. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Frank
a Weekend Warrior
from Calif
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Wilder Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | looks nice | | Weaknesses: | very poor quality construction | | Similar Products Used: | WTB SST | | Bike Setup: | FSR Expert and FSR Comp | | Bottom Line: | My wife an I both had the saddles come apart from the rails in the front, also two of our riding friends had the same thing happen. Whats up with this Specialized?? Nice bikes but I can't belive what a piece these saddles are!Was going to try the body geometry seats but am not willing to take the chance on poor quality. Replaced both with WTB SST-K seats and are satisfied | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Frank
a Cross Country Rider
from Tucson, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Santa Rita section of the AZ trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Easy to manuever on, comfortable (for me at least) | | Weaknesses: | Poor construction quality | | Similar Products Used: | SDG Bell Air | | Bike Setup: | This saddle is on my 1997 Rockhopper FS built up with XT components | | Bottom Line: | Everybody's anatomy is different, so comfort is relevant. For me this saddle is comfortable (no breakin period required unlike my vastly more comfortable and higher quality SDG saddle) and easy to manuever on. It's construction is less to be desired, however. The covering is only stapled underneath the nose area and came unstapled after a few rides. This didn't affect manueverabilty though. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Cross-Country Rider
from NM
Date Reviewed: December 28, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
none | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
light
nice looking
durable cover | | Weaknesses: |
crappy rails that bend in a week
price | | Similar Products Used: |
just about all other seats | | Bike Setup: |
Trek | | Bottom Line: | would be a great saddle if the rails were not so cheap | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: November 20, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
most | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Boy, is it stiff. | | Weaknesses: |
Boy, is it stiff or what? | | Similar Products Used: |
Selle, Liberator, much cheap bike stuff | | Bike Setup: |
Specialized Rockhopper A1 Comp FS Lime Green with a New Lime Green Selle Flite Ti Gel. | | Bottom Line: | This is the most stiffest most painful saddle I have ever ridden in my entire life. After 3 days with my new bike I canned this thing and got a real saddle. This thing gets one big heap of stinkin' pooh pooh (which I couldn't do for a week after ridin on this thing). | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
TODD
a Cross-Country Rider
from LA
Date Reviewed: September 22, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
LOCAL | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
NONE | | Weaknesses: |
HARD
CHEAP | | Similar Products Used: |
WTB SSTK
AZONIC LOVE SEAT
BONTRAGER FS RACE< |
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