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.
