Broken seat. Again.

Erant said:

I did it again. I broke another KH seat, the second one. Now, I don't
want to dish out the cash needed for a carbon fiber seat base. (Because
I don't have that kind of cash). I broke the stiffener plate, and tore
through the plastic base (Nearly ripped the front part off the back
part). What would be my best course of action? I can 1. Make my own
seatbase out of polyester, and go to a local machine shop to get a
slightly thicker stiffener plate. 2. Just get another KH seat, wait
till I break that one, buy another one, etc. 3. Get a Miyata saddle and
seatpost.

Have you read this thread:
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41636

That might be your solution.

Also, are you breaking them by hopping or dropping. If it's from
hopping, you could learn seat out that way you wouldn't kill the front
of your saddle.

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I think it's a combination of pure wear and tear and the occasional drop
landing in the wrong place of the seat. I actually do 90% of my trials
seat out, so that shouldn't be a problem. I think I might go with
making a new stiffener plate, seeing as I already have a reinforced
seat post (a little tab between the post and the plate).

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I don't get how you can afford ripping through so many seats but you
don't have enough for CF. You can buy a carbon fiber base for the price
of 2 KH seats so if you think you will kill another one then it is kind
of stupid not to get one because you will be spending alot more buying
all these weak seats.

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UNIquelyCanadian said:

Have you read this thread:
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41636

That might be your solution.

here is the thread with pictures of the mod mentioned above

http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41809

I now have a new welder that makes much better looking welds than the
ones in these pics.

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Ik weet het is niet goedkoop maar, eenmalige aanschaf en dat ding is
gewoon niet kapot te krijgen. Ik zou dan eveneens een fusion zadelhoes
erbij aanschaffen dat maakt het wat makkelijker. Anders moet je die
"oude" hoes gaan vastplakken en die kan dan scheuren en geknoei en
moeite en etc😠 .
Het is wel een beetje passen en meten om die gaatjes netjes vierkant te
vijlen op de juiste plaats.😕 Want anders past het handvat
niet of het zit scheef. Maar daarna is het gewoon puur genieten.😄 Ik
heb zelfs ongeveer één centimeter van het schuimrubber afgehaald!
Hierdoor is het nog handelbaarder (seat out) met andere woorden niet
zo'n dikke blok.
Als je van plan bent ( en dat is vanzelfsprekend) om nog wat langer te
rijden kun je natuurlijk tig zadels kopen en iedere keer handvaten,
schuimrubber, stootrand etc overhebben en weggooien of éénmalig zo'n
carbonnetje kopen.
Groetjes Rob😉

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tr4nspo said:

Ik weet het is niet goedkoop maar, eenmalige aanschaf en dat ding is
gewoon niet kapot te krijgen. Ik zou dan eveneens een fusion zadelhoes
erbij aanschaffen dat maakt het wat makkelijker. Anders moet je die
"oude" hoes gaan vastplakken en die kan dan scheuren en geknoei en
moeite en etc😠 .
Het is wel een beetje passen en meten om die gaatjes netjes vierkant te
vijlen op de juiste plaats.😕 Want anders past het handvat
niet of het zit scheef. Maar daarna is het gewoon puur genieten.😄 Ik
heb zelfs ongeveer één centimeter van het schuimrubber afgehaald!
Hierdoor is het nog handelbaarder (seat out) met andere woorden niet
zo'n dikke blok.
Als je van plan bent ( en dat is vanzelfsprekend) om nog wat langer te
rijden kun je natuurlijk tig zadels kopen en iedere keer handvaten,
schuimrubber, stootrand etc overhebben en weggooien of éénmalig zo'n
carbonnetje kopen.
Groetjes Rob😉

I weet it is not cheap but, one-off purchase and that thing is not get
simply. I then also fusion saddle cover buy make that it what easier.
Differently you must will paste down that "old" cover and those can
tear then and tampering and effort and etc. It is as much as a beetje
treads and measures to file netjes those gaatjes vierkant at the
correct place. Because differently the handle is not appropriate or
sits crooked. But afterwards is it simply purely enjoy. I have taken
away even approximately one centimetre of foam rubber! Because of this
still more manageable (seat out) an in other words not such dikke
block-system is. If you intend (and that is obvious) still what can
longer drive you natural tig saddles to buy and every time hand
barrels, foam rubber, stootrand etc to have left and throws away or
one-off such carbonnetje to buy. Groetjes rob

😄

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yeah...my seat is busted too....just the stiffener plate ic completely
thrashed and the seat is starting to crack...but ill ride it out unitil
it unridealbe at all. then ill buy my cf seat base cuz then ill have
enough money.

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tr4nspo said:

Ik weet het is niet goedkoop maar, eenmalige aanschaf en dat ding is
gewoon niet kapot te krijgen. Ik zou dan eveneens een fusion zadelhoes
erbij aanschaffen dat maakt het wat makkelijker. Anders moet je die
"oude" hoes gaan vastplakken en die kan dan scheuren en geknoei en
moeite en etc😠 .
Het is wel een beetje passen en meten om die gaatjes netjes vierkant te
vijlen op de juiste plaats.😕 Want anders past het handvat
niet of het zit scheef. Maar daarna is het gewoon puur genieten.😄 Ik
heb zelfs ongeveer één centimeter van het schuimrubber afgehaald!
Hierdoor is het nog handelbaarder (seat out) met andere woorden niet
zo'n dikke blok.
Als je van plan bent ( en dat is vanzelfsprekend) om nog wat langer te
rijden kun je natuurlijk tig zadels kopen en iedere keer handvaten,
schuimrubber, stootrand etc overhebben en weggooien of éénmalig zo'n
carbonnetje kopen.
Groetjes Rob😉

Guess I'll try that. Might make it a combination of techniques though,
little bit thicker stiffener plate and a carbon seat base, and anything
else I can think of to make it better. I've actually just ridden with
another seat I stole off my little brother's unicycle, and turns out my
stiffener plate has been broken for about as long as it's been on my
unicycle. His seat was at least three times as stiff as mine ever was.
I never pay much attention, as I'm a purely SIF rider. Which reminds
me, hope to ride with you 'n Frank someday Rob, I need some fellow
trial-riders to ride with. 🙂

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You could offset the cost of a carbon fiber seat base by selling the
foam and seat cover from one of your broken KH saddles. I just
recently bought a KH Fusion just for the foam and seat cover. I had a
carbon fiber base and was using an air seat setup. I decided I wanted
to try a foam setup and the easiest way to get the KH foam is to buy a
KH Fusion. So I suspect that there are probably other carbon fiber
seat base owners out there looking for good foam to add to their seat.

The carbon fiber bases are the best thing in seat technology for people
doing muni, trials, or Coker hill climbing. It sure beats breaking
seats and having a stiff seat makes a big difference when you're
pulling up on the handle for climbing.

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I was wondering, does a carbon fibre seat base still need a stiffener
plate? (I'm guessing yes). Think I'll make one out of 2mm steel then.

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Nee, je hebt geen .....
Sorry i thought you speak/write dutch as well as english. So i'll
proceed in a language that's easier for the most.
No, you don't need a stiffener plate. The carbon itself is enough. If
you look closer you will find some kind of pits which suggest the place
to drill the holes, but check with youre bumpers first!!
Alkmaar is quite some distant from the south of limbabwe. But you're
invited to our anual Unicycle in the Dutch Mountains. So i'll see you
than.

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Nee, je hebt geen .....
Sorry i thought you speak/write dutch as well as english. So i'll
proceed in a language that's easier for the most.
No, you don't need a stiffener plate. The carbon itself is enough. If
you look closer you will find some kind of pits which suggest the place
to drill the holes, but check with youre bumpers first!!
Alkmaar is quite some distant from the south of limbabwe. But you're
invited to our anual Unicycle in the Dutch Mountains. So i'll see you
than.

Yeah, I'm dutch, but seeing as this is an english forum, I find english
to be a more appropriate language. I will be going to UITDM, if my exam
schedule allows it. Hope to see a nice lengthy trial course there, I
need a change of scenery, the local spots are beginning to grow old. (I
went to a biketrial compo a while ago with Owen though, that was very
refreshing, I almost beat one of the biketrialers. I'd have beaten a
few more if it wasn't for the terrain, which was extremely unsuited to
unicycles, originally being a motortrial terrain and thus extremely
muddy and loose.)

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He so stole my saddle, and I'm not your little brother, im bigger 'n
badder than jooo!! :<

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Oh je kent Owen, nou dat scheelt.
Zijn er trouwens nog pics van dat gebeuren toen gemaakt?
Wat betreft het trialparcour: mocht het niet voldoende blijken dan
biedt de stadstrial nog legio mogelijkheden. Als alles naar wens
verloopt hebben we bovendien een primeur in Nederland!
So keep your fingers crossed.
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Ow ja nog iets. Je kunt natuurlijk altijd nog gebruik maken van ons
nederlandstalig forum!!!!!🙂

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