Rad-loc hinge failure

There was a thread on the failure of the rad-loc seat hinge here several months ago. This happened
to me this week. I fully expect that RANS will fix the problem, that much I'm not worried about.
RANS is a fine company and has always stood behind their products in the past.

It did make me think more about something I've considering for a while.I have been thinking about
putting a hard shell carbon seat, specifically the ones that Hostel SHoppe uses for their bents, on
my '02 V2. Anyone ever tried this?

I put one on a Trek R200. I got the seat from Hostel Shoppe. Take a look.
http://www.waxman.org/~recumbent/project.html

"Paul Dalen" <queso1689@cs.com> wrote in message
news:ba5693a0.0308021825.840363a@posting.google.com...
> There was a thread on the failure of the rad-loc seat hinge here several months ago. This happened
> to me this week. I fully expect that RANS will fix the problem, that much I'm not worried about.
> RANS is a fine company and has always stood behind their products in the past.
>
> It did make me think more about something I've considering for a while.I have been thinking about
> putting a hard shell carbon seat, specifically the ones that Hostel SHoppe uses for their bents,
> on my '02 V2. Anyone ever tried this?

Paul, what model and year of bike did the hinge fail on, I thought this was a problem on the initial
year they offered it in 01 I believe, I hope they have it straightened out by now.

Paul Dalen wrote:
> There was a thread on the failure of the rad-loc seat hinge here several months ago. This happened
> to me this week. I fully expect that RANS will fix the problem, that much I'm not worried about.
> RANS is a fine company and has always stood behind their products in the past.
>
> It did make me think more about something I've considering for a while.I have been thinking about
> putting a hard shell carbon seat, specifically the ones that Hostel SHoppe uses for their bents,
> on my '02 V2. Anyone ever tried this?

My V2 might be an '01. It was on the show room for a long time before I bought it.

bentbiker <bentbiker@accesstoledo.com> wrote in message news:<viqbq8n60bbra1@corp.supernews.com>...
> Paul, what model and year of bike did the hinge fail on, I thought this was a problem on the
> initial year they offered it in 01 I believe, I hope they have it straightened out by now.
>
> Paul Dalen wrote:
> > There was a thread on the failure of the rad-loc seat hinge here several months ago. This
> > happened to me this week. I fully expect that RANS will fix the problem, that much I'm not
> > worried about. RANS is a fine company and has always stood behind their products in the past.
> >
> > It did make me think more about something I've considering for a while.I have been thinking
> > about putting a hard shell carbon seat, specifically the ones that Hostel SHoppe uses for their
> > bents, on my '02 V2. Anyone ever tried this?