I fixed the back of my '99 rex too, with a couple of big pop rivets and a
gob of J&B.
"Freewheeling" <
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> I broke the seat back on my pre-2000 RANS seat last season
> and they said they'd replace the entire seat for $70. It
> wasn't a bad deal, but I
decided
> I could fix the seatback with a dowell and some J&B Weld.
> Seems to be working so far, although my long term plan is
> to replace the RANS type
seat
> with an M5 type seat, for the weight reduction and
> aerodynamics.
>
> --
> --Scott "Steve Christensen" <
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> wrote in message
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> > In article
> > <
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Taylor
> > says...
> > >
> > >
[email protected] (customer) wrote in message ne-
> > >ws:<
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> > >> big blow up on BROL with rans seat issues, seems to
> > >> be 2002 and
latter
> > >> years rans has asked that anyone still have these
> > >> seat issues , to contact them so they can find out
> > >> whats causing it. this is not recumbent butt, its the
> > >> rear edge of the seat pan
digging
> > >> into the butt.
> > >
> > >Simple.....they cut the foam too short, it doesn't go
> > >back far enough on the seat so you end up feeling the
> > >pan or the bottom of the seat etc. I notice this on all
> > >my Rans bikes 2002 and up. Marci
> >
> >
> > Actually Marci it isn't really that simple. I have
> > several old and new
> foam
> > pads, and while they differ a bit in density, they are
> > all identical in
> size.
> > Having a pad that is low in density can exacerbate the
> > problem, but the
> foam pad
> > does not cause it.
> >
> > Head over to BROL and check out some pictures I posted
> > on the two seats.
> The
> > jury is still out, but I think the difference is the
> > frame.
> >
> > Steve Christensen Midland, MI
>
