I have read numerous posts and reviews concerning the type, position and/or orientation of the main screw _link_ on new tribe saddles. I too have experienced a couple of inconveniences when my _link_ rotated in the attachment loops while I climbed.

A solution I have found is to use a carabiner corner trap (Sherrill catalog numbers 30663 and 16035) or something similar, to keep the _link_ in it's proper orientation. I position my oval _link_ with the small end down. In this position, the keeper traps the leg loop connection and doesn't allow the screw _link_ to roll sideways. Works great.

Keepers can be purchased made of plastic, steel, rubber, or leather. I made my own out of an old leather belt and also a sheet of 1/16" thick gasket rubber. I think I like the rubber ones better because they hold the biner nice and secure. No slipping.

Incidentally, when I switched the _link_ on my New Tribe Tengu from a delta to an oval, I realized that the longer oval _link_ allows me to pull the saddle up over my hips more easily and without having to open the _link_.