Broke my KH saddle hopping up a curb.



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I just hopped up a curb (which is about the extent of my hopping
abilities) and something went pop, and my seat was suddenly a lot loser.

One of the front screws had broken off a long time ago, just from
tightening the nut on it.
When I hopped up the curb, the other front screw ripped straight through
the metal plate, and straight through the plastic.
I opened up the seat to replace the screws, and realized that in
addition to that, the metal plate had snapped in half.

All this from jumping up a 5 or 6 inch curb?

I'm not sure I'm such a fan of the KH seats anymore.
I don't have much skills in metalworking, so I'll probably have to buy a
new one.
For the time being, though, I replaced the seatpost with a 3-foot dowel
rod.
I couldn't ride seat out before, but today I spent hours learning to
ride just holding onto the dowel rod, and I'm consistantly getting over
300 feet now.
So that's good, but I'm still annoyed.

Any advice?


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KcTheAcy wrote:
> *Which model was it. I think the seats made after they got slightly
> skinner up front are a lot stronger. I have 2 older ones and they have
> a lot more flex than my 2 newer ones. *


I got it this past august. Just a few weeks before the prices went down
on Unicycle.com


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Sorry to hear about the KH seat.
Skippii wrote:
> *For the time being, though, I replaced the seatpost with a 3-foot
> dowel rod.
>
> I couldn't ride seat out before, but today I spent hours learning to
> ride just holding onto the dowel rod, and I'm consistantly getting
> over 300 feet now.
>
>
> Any advice? *

My advice is to put a hobby horse head on that dowel rod and you'll get
tons of laughs riding seat out around town.:)


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UniBrier wrote:
> *Sorry to hear about the KH seat.
>
> My advice is to put a hobby horse head on that dowel rod and you'll
> get tons of laughs riding seat out around town.:) *


Hah! I'm so going to do this!
This is the greatest idea ever!


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forrestunifreak wrote:
> *Put a dowell rod on it?ha.
>
> You could get an old seat post or the same one and get sombody to weld
> the seat onto it. *


But the seat is plastic.:confused:


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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:57:33 -0600, "Skippii" wrote:

>I suppose what I really should be asking, is, am I hopping completely
>wrong are are these seats just not very strong?

Ja, that's what I was thinking. Your timing of jumping and pulling up
the seat is probably off.

The hobby horse head idea is great!

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k I can hop just under 2 feet high and drop 5 feet down and I have never
broken a seat so i dont know how you guys do it:confused:


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I thin k it's probably technique, weight of uni, and luck. I've never
broken a seat, but I killed a couple of seatposts. My brother killed a
seat jumping on a stump. I beleive the new KH seats are stronger, too.
The old ones with Unicycle.com on the back are pretty weak, i think,
because they feel a lot less stiff, and that's what my brother broke.

my (shameless promotion of something I'm not even selling)
'Seat/seatpost stiffeners ' (http://tinyurl.com/7y7xb) one of these
makes a seatpost a lot stronger, and probably eliminates the possibility
of breaking a seat. There's a tutorial for making these on near the
bottom of the page.


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I mounted a big fluffy horsie head on a 5 foot steel pole, and replaced
the dowel with that.

The best part: It makes horse noises and plays William Tell really
loudly when you press the ear.


The looks I've gotten so far have been incredible.
Especially from the girls. ;)
It's gonna be a good night.


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No offense, but the only reason that seat broke on such a small hop is
poor technique. I barely even lift or pull the seat to do hops up curbs,
and thus my seats get minimal flex from that. The thing that killed my
2 seats was big rolling hops and riding muni while pulling hard on the
sedat. The new KH saddles are stronger, but I'm sticking with my cf base
myself.


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gerblefranklin wrote:
> *No offense, but the only reason that seat broke on such a small hop
> is poor technique. I barely even lift or pull the seat to do hops up
> curbs, and thus my seats get minimal flex from that. The thing that
> killed my 2 seats was big rolling hops and riding muni while pulling
> hard on the sedat. The new KH saddles are stronger, but I'm sticking
> with my cf base myself. *

Could you give me some advice on better technique?


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Skippii wrote:
> *I mounted a big fluffy horsie head on a 5 foot steel pole, and
> replaced the dowel with that.
>
> The best part: It makes horse noises and plays William Tell really
> loudly when you press the ear.
>
>
> The looks I've gotten so far have been incredible.
> Especially from the girls. ;)
> It's gonna be a good night. *
Pictures Please!


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johnfoss wrote:
> *No.
>
> Unless that was the first riding you ever did after putting that seat
> on the uni. The break was a result of the wear & tear of your whole
> riding/learning process up until that moment. The metal plate was
> probably already broken in half. The missing bolt didn't help
> either.
>
> Unfortunately, now that unicycles are built so much stronger than they
> were a few years ago, the weak point is in the seat and post. They
> haven't caught up yet.
>
> The wear & tear that led to your break is probably as much from
> pushing down on it as pulling up. The combination of the two fatigues
> the metal and just yanks on the plastic. I think the newer KH seats
> are much more resistant to the bolts pulling through as well. *


This is good to know.
Thanks.


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