Seatpost with no angle adjustment

Were seatposts with no tilt adjustment normal in the past?

I pulled my 1987 Trek from the garage, cleaned it, added new wheels & drivetrain. Great ride. But
the seatpost has no angle adjustment.

Fore-and-aft, yes. Up-and-down, yes.

Angle-no.

Lucky me, I am comfortable with the one choice. But I am curious. Was this normal?

"Jeff" <nospam@mail.com> wrote in message news:n5Fwa.565$Wl1.52368422@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> Were seatposts with no tilt adjustment normal in the past?
>
> I pulled my 1987 Trek from the garage, cleaned it, added new wheels & drivetrain. Great ride. But
> the seatpost has no angle adjustment.
>
> Fore-and-aft, yes. Up-and-down, yes.
>
> Angle-no.
>
> Lucky me, I am comfortable with the one choice. But I am curious. Was this normal?
>
>

Nope. It's possible that the provided one post specific to that frame geometry that would produce a
flat seat, but even at that, many people prefer something other than flat. I've only seen posts
without angle adjustments a few times in my life, and I've looked at probably 100's of different
bikes (brand, year, model). Mostly they were posts with no clamp, the clamp mechanism being built
into the seat. In these cases, the seat-clamp had no tilt adjustment.

Cheers,

Scott..

>Were seatposts with no tilt adjustment normal in the past?
>

Not common, I have never seen one. Possibly you could put a photo on a website so others
could see it.

My guess is that it does have some adjustment but it is not immediately apparent or that it is
frozen somehow.

jon isaacs

Gave it a tap with mallet, now it tilts. Jon, you are correct, seatpost was merely frozen.

"Jon Isaacs" <jonisaacs@aol.com> wrote
> >Were seatposts with no tilt adjustment normal in the past?
> >
>
> Not common, I have never seen one. Possibly you could put a photo on a website so others
> could see it.
>
> My guess is that it does have some adjustment but it is not immediately apparent or that it is
> frozen somehow.

"Jeff" <nospam@mail.com> wrote:

>Gave it a tap with mallet, now it tilts. Jon, you are correct, seatpost was merely frozen.

Are you sure you didn't just bend your saddle rails? ;-)

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

>"Jon Isaacs" <jonisaacs@aol.com> wrote
>> >Were seatposts with no tilt adjustment normal in the past?
>> >
>>
>> Not common, I have never seen one. Possibly you could put a photo on a website so others could
>> see it.
>>
>> My guess is that it does have some adjustment but it is not immediately apparent or that it is
>> frozen somehow.

On Thu, 15 May 2003 04:55:47 +0000, Jeff wrote:

> Were seatposts with no tilt adjustment normal in the past?
>
> I pulled my 1987 Trek from the garage, cleaned it, added new wheels & drivetrain. Great ride. But
> the seatpost has no angle adjustment.
>
> Fore-and-aft, yes. Up-and-down, yes.
>
> Angle-no.
>
> Lucky me, I am comfortable with the one choice. But I am curious. Was this normal?

I think you must be mistaken. Often parts get pretty welded together by corrosion, but if you take
it all apart I bet you will find that the angle can be adjusted. It's probably a single-bolt design,
which I do not like, but if you loosen the bolt more than just what is needed to move the saddle
fore-and-aft, and bash on the nose of the saddle, it'll probably point down.

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