Level saddle

"Per Elmsäter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've been trying to get my saddle level for some time and it seems that no matter how I fasten it,
it will either point slightly up or slightly down. Are there any tricks I can use to get it to
stick inbetween two notches,

or

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reposition the notches?

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Perre

Sounds like you need a different seatpost or saddle. I've had that problem with the seatpost/saddle
alignment before. The solution is a different setup.

Mike

Per Elmsäter said:

I've been trying to get my saddle level for some time and it seems that no matter how I fasten it,
it will either point slightly up or slightly down. Are there any tricks I can use to get it to
stick inbetween two notches, or reposition the notches?

Is the amount of tilt enough to make the saddle uncomfortable? If so, you might consider a new
seatpost that allows finer adjustments.

--
Benjamin Lewis

On a paper submitted by a physicist colleague: "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." --
Wolfgang Pauli

Get a seatpost without notches. Such as a Thomson. Infinite adjustability.

Quoted message said:

I've been trying to get my saddle level for some time and it seems that no matter how I fasten it,
it will either point slightly up or slightly down. Are there any tricks I can use to get it to
stick inbetween two notches,

or

Quoted message said:

reposition the notches?

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Perre

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Benjamin Lewis said:

Per Elmsäter said:

I've been trying to get my saddle level for some time and it seems that no matter how I fasten
it, it will either point slightly up or slightly down. Are there any tricks I can use to get it
to stick inbetween two notches, or reposition the notches?

Is the amount of tilt enough to make the saddle uncomfortable? If so, you might consider a new
seatpost that allows finer adjustments.

The tilt is OK for rides up to 100 km. After that it starts getting a little uncomfortable. Probably
because my back is getting tired and not holding me up the same way as when starting out. I could
probably live with it, it just annoys me that I cannot set the tilt exactly where I want it.

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Perre

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Second on the Thomson. Those things are strong as all-get-out, too.

Jon Bond and while you're at it, get the matching thomson stem!

D.Putnam said:

Get a seatpost without notches. Such as a Thomson. Infinite adjustability.

Quoted message said:

I've been trying to get my saddle level for some time and it seems that no matter how I fasten it,
it will either point slightly up or slightly down. Are there any tricks I can use to get it to
stick inbetween two notches,

or

Quoted message said:

reposition the notches?

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Perre

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Per Elmsäter said:

Benjamin Lewis said:

Per Elmsäter said:

I've been trying to get my saddle level for some time and it seems that no matter how I fasten
it, it will either point slightly up or slightly down. Are there any tricks I can use to get it
to stick inbetween two notches, or reposition the notches?

Is the amount of tilt enough to make the saddle uncomfortable? If so, you might consider a new
seatpost that allows finer adjustments.

The tilt is OK for rides up to 100 km. After that it starts getting a little uncomfortable.
Probably because my back is getting tired and not holding me up the same way as when starting
out. I could probably live with it, it just annoys me that I cannot set the tilt exactly where I
want it.

Well, you can get seatposts with very closely spaced notches, and there are some that have no
notches at all. If you want to modify your existing seatpost, you may have to get creative; I've
never heard of anyone doing so before.

I don't know where you are, but in Vancouver I've managed to find micro-adjusting seatposts used for
less than 15$.

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Benjamin Lewis

On a paper submitted by a physicist colleague: "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." --
Wolfgang Pauli

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Get a seatpost without notches. Such as a Thomson. Infinite

adjustability.

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Or Syncros, or Control Tech, or...

Mike

Your best bet is to get a TRUE microadjust seatpost. It will have two screws on it.

On some models you have to loosten one and tighten the other to adjust the saddle tilt. On the
better (IMHO) designs, however, one screw clamps the saddle, the other adjusts the tilt.

The SunTour XT was like this. It was nice because you could adjust the tilt without loostening the
saddle, possibly changing your fore-aft position in the process.

May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills! Chris

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I've been trying to get my saddle level for some time and it seems that no matter how I fasten it,
it will either point slightly up or slightly down. Are there any tricks I can use to get it to
stick inbetween two notches, or reposition the notches?

Get a Campy Record seatpost.

Tom Gibb <[email hidden]

Since everybody's pitching in ... how about the Salsa Shaft? Ingenious head design, methinks.

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Robin Hubert <[email hidden]

Instead of buying a new seatpost, you could just grind the notches off either the base of the post,
or the loose piece. You only have to do it on one or the other.

I've performed this minor surgery on a couple of seatposts, and it's worked out fine. They don't
slip and are infinitely adjustable.

Ed Chait

Ed Chait said:

Instead of buying a new seatpost, you could just grind the notches off either the base of the
post, or the loose piece. You only have to do it on one or the other.

Also try rotating the top notched cap (what do you call this?) 180 degrees. I know my Chorus Ti
seatpost has a slightly different tilt depending on which way the top cap is rotated.

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Ed Chait said:

Instead of buying a new seatpost, you could just grind the notches off either the base of the
post, or the loose piece. You only have to do it on one or the other.

Also try rotating the top notched cap (what do you call this?) 180 degrees. I know my Chorus Ti
seatpost has a slightly different tilt depending on which way the top cap is rotated.

Now we're talking.
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"Chris Zacho "The Wheelman"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Your best bet is to get a TRUE microadjust seatpost. It will have two screws on it.

On some models you have to loosten one and tighten the other to adjust the saddle tilt. On the
better (IMHO) designs, however, one screw clamps the saddle, the other adjusts the tilt.

The SunTour XT was like this. It was nice because you could adjust the tilt without loostening the
saddle, possibly changing your fore-aft position in the process.

Weyless makes a carbon post similar to that, but its a pain to get to the front bolt.

Mike