Rans Seat Fabric Squeeking

[Bob Slebodnik]

Does anyone have a remedy for the squeeking noise that the
Rans seat fabric can make while one is pedaling? I have the
adjustment straps tightened as much as I can get them
tightened. I have a 2003 Rans Velocity Squared. Thank-you in
advance for your assistance.

Bob Slebodnik

[Freewheeling]

Bob:

I've never found a remedy. I have a '99 V-Rex.

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--Scott "Bob Slebodnik" <r_slebodnik@msn.com> wrote in
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> Does anyone have a remedy for the squeeking noise that the
> Rans seat fabric can make while one is pedaling? I have
> the adjustment straps tightened as much as I can get them
> tightened. I have a 2003 Rans Velocity Squared. Thank-you
> in advance for your assistance.
>
> Bob Slebodnik

[Freewheeling]

Bob:

I should say that I've tried the following:

WD40, beeswax, White Lightning, ProGold, covering the seat
frame with inner tube rubber, and a few other remedies I'm
too embarassed to mention. The main problem is that the seat
fabric wraps around the seat post. You could fabricate a
different sort of seat back, with grommets and lacing, so
that the fabric is *between* the side tubes rather than
wrapped around them, similar to the Lightning seats. Of
course, then the lacing material might squeak if you weren't
careful about what you use.

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--Scott "Freewheeling" <email_at_bottomofpost@bigfoot.com>
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> Bob:
>
> I've never found a remedy. I have a '99 V-Rex.
>
> --
> --Scott "Bob Slebodnik" <r_slebodnik@msn.com> wrote in
> message
> news:b23a2b73.0406271817.44f60a93@posting.google.com...
> > Does anyone have a remedy for the squeeking noise that
> > the Rans seat fabric can make while one is pedaling? I
> > have the adjustment straps tightened as much as I can
> > get them tightened. I have a 2003 Rans Velocity Squared.
> > Thank-you in advance for your assistance.
> >
> > Bob Slebodnik

[Freewheeling]

On the other hand, a fellow up above notes that using that
sort of grommet design tend to chafe the lacing material,
which then breaks. But Greenspeed has been using this sort
of design for some time, so maybe they use special grommets
or something.

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--Scott "Freewheeling" <email_at_bottomofpost@bigfoot.com>
wrote in message news:2k9r10F19gg19U1@uni-berlin.de...
> Bob:
>
> I should say that I've tried the following:
>
> WD40, beeswax, White Lightning, ProGold, covering the seat
> frame with
inner
> tube rubber, and a few other remedies I'm too embarassed
> to mention. The main problem is that the seat fabric wraps
> around the seat post. You
could
> fabricate a different sort of seat back, with grommets and
> lacing, so that the fabric is *between* the side tubes
> rather than wrapped around them, similar to the Lightning
> seats. Of course, then the lacing material might squeak if
> you weren't careful about what you use.
>
> --
> --Scott "Freewheeling" <email_at_bottomofpost@bigfoot.com>
> wrote in message news:2k9m0sF19enosU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > Bob:
> >
> > I've never found a remedy. I have a '99 V-Rex.
> >
> > --
> > --Scott "Bob Slebodnik" <r_slebodnik@msn.com> wrote in
> > message
> > news:b23a2b73.0406271817.44f60a93@posting.google.com...
> > > Does anyone have a remedy for the squeeking noise that
> > > the Rans seat fabric can make while one is pedaling? I
> > > have the adjustment straps tightened as much as I can
> > > get them tightened. I have a 2003 Rans Velocity
> > > Squared. Thank-you in advance for your assistance.
> > >
> > > Bob Slebodnik
> >
>

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"Bob Slebodnik" <r_slebodnik@msn.com> wrote in message
news:b23a2b73.0406271817.44f60a93@posting.google.com...
> Does anyone have a remedy for the squeeking noise that the
> Rans seat fabric can make while one is pedaling? I have
> the adjustment straps tightened as much as I can get them
> tightened. I have a 2003 Rans Velocity Squared. Thank-you
> in advance for your assistance.

So THAT'S what is making that darned squeaking noise! That
little squeak has been bugging me for many months- never
could track down the source. Thanks for the info.

Just a thought: If you can't cinch it down, why not drip
some White Lightning on the suspected squeaking areas? It is
thin enough that it should soak right through the mesh and
lube the nylon/metal interface sufficient to cure the
squeak. Removing the seat cover and rubbing parrafin or
bee's wax on the contact areas would be another possibility.

@

[Harv]

Do you guys have the seat back bottle cages installed?

I remember that Scott epoxied his seat back tubes, but that
didn't stop the squeaking. I had my VREX seat apart to
rerivet and epoxy the the seat back tubes. One of the rivets
had failed and the seat frame creaked. After the repair and
a new fabric, the noise went away. No fabric squeak.

The center line of my old seat fabric never looked 'on
center', yet it was too tight to pull to adjust it, even
though the fabric was a long way from taut. I figured that
deformation was caused by some non symmetric pedalling
motion or posture. The bottle cages anchored the cover so
any seat back rotation was limited by bottle cage screws and
the fabric couldn't act as a bow pulling across a violin
string, making the frame resonate in the form of squeakage.
Have either of you restrung your seat a bit on the loose
side to damp the bow and string affect?

"@" <@@@.com> wrote in message
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> "Bob Slebodnik" <r_slebodnik@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:b23a2b73.0406271817.44f60a93@posting.google.com...
> > Does anyone have a remedy for the squeeking noise that
> > the Rans seat fabric can make while one is pedaling? I
> > have the adjustment straps tightened as much as I can
> > get them tightened. I have a 2003 Rans Velocity Squared.
> > Thank-you in advance for your assistance.
>
> So THAT'S what is making that darned squeaking noise! That
> little squeak has been bugging me for many months- never
> could track down the source. Thanks for the info.
>
> Just a thought: If you can't cinch it down, why not drip
> some White Lightning on the suspected squeaking areas? It
> is thin enough that it should soak right through the mesh
> and lube the nylon/metal interface sufficient to cure the
> squeak. Removing the seat cover and rubbing
parrafin
> or bee's wax on the contact areas would be another
> possibility.
>
> @

[Freewheeling]

Harv:

"Do you guys have the seat back bottle cages installed?

I remember that Scott epoxied his seat back tubes, but that
didn't stop the squeaking. I had my VREX seat apart to
rerivet and epoxy the the seat back tubes. One of the rivets
had failed and the seat frame creaked. After the repair and
a new fabric, the noise went away. No fabric squeak."

John Schlitter is the one who suggested the epoxy, and that
plus some tight screws in the seatback helped reduce the
amount of squeaking. But the fabric itself squeaks too, and
I have to permanent cure for that. One can spray or apply
various libricants though. Usually the squeaking is created
where the fabric wraps around the tube. But lubricants may
also impact the intergrity of the fabric. I found that bees
wax didn't do a damn thing, but I never tried parrafin.

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--Scott "harv" <harv*don't*send*spam*to
me*@spininternet.com> wrote in message
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> Do you guys have the seat back bottle cages installed?
>
> I remember that Scott epoxied his seat back tubes, but
> that didn't stop
the
> squeaking. I had my VREX seat apart to rerivet and epoxy
> the the seat back tubes. One of the rivets had failed and
> the seat frame creaked. After the repair and a new fabric,
> the noise went away. No fabric squeak.
>
> The center line of my old seat fabric never looked 'on
> center', yet it was too tight to pull to adjust it, even
> though the fabric was a long way from taut. I figured that
> deformation was caused by some non symmetric
pedalling
> motion or posture. The bottle cages anchored the cover so
> any seat back rotation was limited by bottle cage screws
> and the fabric couldn't act as
a
> bow pulling across a violin string, making the frame
> resonate in the form
of
> squeakage. Have either of you restrung your seat a bit on
> the loose side
to
> damp the bow and string affect?
>
>
> "@" <@@@.com> wrote in message
> news:gqUDc.129304$Sw.39447@attbi_s51...
> > "Bob Slebodnik" <r_slebodnik@msn.com> wrote in message
> > news:b23a2b73.0406271817.44f60a93@posting.google.com...
> > > Does anyone have a remedy for the squeeking noise that
> > > the Rans seat fabric can make while one is pedaling? I
> > > have the adjustment straps tightened as much as I can
> > > get them tightened. I have a 2003 Rans Velocity
> > > Squared. Thank-you in advance for your assistance.
> >
> > So THAT'S what is making that darned squeaking noise!
> > That little
squeak
> > has been bugging me for many months- never could track
> > down the source. Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Just a thought: If you can't cinch it down, why not drip
> > some White Lightning on the suspected squeaking areas?
> > It is thin enough that it should soak right through the
> > mesh and lube the nylon/metal interface sufficient to
> > cure the squeak. Removing the seat cover and rubbing
> parrafin
> > or bee's wax on the contact areas would be another
> > possibility.
> >
> > @
> >
>