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no motor? sent me his saddle. It turns out the nose piece is tearing in half.
The tension bolt is broken off very near the head and had not been tightened much, if at all. I shouldn't speculate what caused the nose piece to tear this way, but I assume it was defective.
Hmm. I weigh about 200 pounds and ride pretty sedately after breaking some spokes years ago. I'd guess it was defective too, I sure didn't do anything to the nosepiece.
Thanks for looking at that rhm, I'm embarrassed to say I didn't notice that before I sent it to you.