Classic & Vintage - help needed - Seat rails not fitting on Seatpost

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA
northbend
07-15-12, 10:07 AM
The Ideale 90 seat I have isn't fitting on my Simplex Seatpost. It appears the rails are wider in back when compared to the front.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/northbend/P1050096.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/northbend/P1050097.jpg
I don't want to force this to fit.
Done anyone have tips on how to remedy this?

dddd
07-15-12, 10:45 AM
You can't slide the clamping parts past any bends in the rails.

Some saddles have slightly different center-to-center rail spacing, which, while often diffeicult to get assembled, usually gets pulled in orspread out with a normal tightening of the bolt(s).

It looks like you're wanting to slide the saddle foreward of where it was designed to fit in the rail clamps(?).

Don't risk damage to this post's alloy clamps. Use a different post if necessary.

And, if the saddle doesn't work out, I could sure use it. ;-)>
RobbieTunes
07-15-12, 10:45 AM
The only things you can do are:

Force the Fit, Luke....(not recommended) It looks like moving the saddle would tend to
draw the sides down, which may be the right move when moving a saddle that far forward.
Perhaps it was intended that way.

Get a different seatpost, if spacers between the clamps and ears of the post don't work.
Perhaps longer bolts, and washers between the ears and clamps would work.