Anti-theft saddle screw?
06-17-13, 06:03 AM
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I guess there's a market for a quick-release saddle screw so that we can easily take the saddle with us while leaving the seatpost.
06-17-13, 08:33 AM
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Foldabikes CM Wasson, used Brompton's SAP and replaced the clamp bolt that
holds it onto the main post with a MTB QR.
But it was more to pack since you can take a Brompton inside with you.
holds it onto the main post with a MTB QR.
But it was more to pack since you can take a Brompton inside with you.
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06-17-13, 08:43 AM
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Good to know. I'll contact Foldabikes for more infos.
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Yes, but so is every other option for saddle security. Cements and expoxies succumb to solvents, cables can be clipped with shorty bolt cutters, and it's not that hard to find a multi-head screwdriver set at your local Harbor Freight for whatever was used to bolt the saddle down. There is no such thing as complete security, only theft deterent for a crime of opportunity. If you aggravate the would-be thief enough, he might just show up later with a hacksaw and just lop it off at the post. Now that would be fun to watch.
06-19-13, 04:47 AM
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What about leaving the seatpost in place (possibly securely fastened), and using a quick-saddle release screw?
A saddle is much lighter and smaller so it fits in a bag/backpack.
A saddle is much lighter and smaller so it fits in a bag/backpack.
06-19-13, 04:54 AM
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Pitlock offers saddle cables; it's hard to tell, but if you go here and roll the mouse over the saddle and seattube clamp areas, you can see in the pictures the cable being looped around a saddle rail, and the end-loops going around the pitlock seatpost-clamp bolt, which would secure your saddle (assuming you can trust the strength of the cable). Worst somebody could do is loosen your saddle bolt, maybe leave it dangling (or leave it loose so it falls off when you sit on it).
I have seen other people "securing" brooks saddles with light steel cables like that, but it's a question of what do you attach the cable to?
BTW torx screw I don't see as very secure. If a good thief doesn't have a torx on him, if he spies your bike in the same place more than one day in a row, he can count on coming back with a torx later.
And of course there's always an angle grinder. There are horror stories out there of bike thieves at work for a surprisingly long time with tons of passersby doing nothing.
Pitlock seems as good of a bike security solution as I've ever seen (but I've never bought them -- I'm fortunate that I only ever have to lock up in fairly safe suburban areas, and I get to roll my bike right into my cube every day, so I only ever bother with a cheap cable lock)
I have seen other people "securing" brooks saddles with light steel cables like that, but it's a question of what do you attach the cable to?
BTW torx screw I don't see as very secure. If a good thief doesn't have a torx on him, if he spies your bike in the same place more than one day in a row, he can count on coming back with a torx later.
And of course there's always an angle grinder. There are horror stories out there of bike thieves at work for a surprisingly long time with tons of passersby doing nothing.
Pitlock seems as good of a bike security solution as I've ever seen (but I've never bought them -- I'm fortunate that I only ever have to lock up in fairly safe suburban areas, and I get to roll my bike right into my cube every day, so I only ever bother with a cheap cable lock)
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06-19-13, 04:58 AM
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FWIW if I want to secure the saddle I put a D-lock through the frame and rear wheel paired with a cable to loop through the front wheel and D-lock. The cable is usually coiled fairly tightly around whatever I've secured the bike to, and then a padlock locks the saddle rail to the cable.
If someone wants to cut the cable they'll be able to steal the saddle and the front wheel but they won't get the saddle without either cutting the cable, or the lock, or the saddle rail. My saddle isn't worth enough for a thief to go to that kind of trouble.
If someone wants to cut the cable they'll be able to steal the saddle and the front wheel but they won't get the saddle without either cutting the cable, or the lock, or the saddle rail. My saddle isn't worth enough for a thief to go to that kind of trouble.
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06-19-13, 08:07 AM
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Just the other day, I left my folding bike locked for about 15mn, and someone lowered the saddle while I was away. They could have stolen the saddle + seatpost. I don't feel like removing and carrying the whole thing every time I need to keep the bike locked outside.
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06-19-13, 08:21 AM
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Or there's this integrated seatpost/saddle design Tom Ritchey made 40 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwdDA-0iNhc
Don't know how you would adjust that though. I guess it could be made to slide fore-aft, but angle? Buy a fixed angle for the wrong seat tube and you're out of luck.
But anyways, my point is, it would probably not be too ridiculously difficult to engineer an integrated seat/post, even one that is adjustable, but the saddle does not come off of the post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwdDA-0iNhc
Don't know how you would adjust that though. I guess it could be made to slide fore-aft, but angle? Buy a fixed angle for the wrong seat tube and you're out of luck.
But anyways, my point is, it would probably not be too ridiculously difficult to engineer an integrated seat/post, even one that is adjustable, but the saddle does not come off of the post.
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It's like the whole thing about if you're walking with someone else and encounter a lion. You don't need to outrun the lion, you just need to outrun the other guy.
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Got a reply from PinHeadComponents that my idea was passed on to their engineering team. I'm not holding my breath, but I'm sure there's a market for a simple way to remove the saddle from the seatpost.
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Quick-release saddle-rail-clamp seems like it would be quite a pain to readjust height/angle every time. Instead of secure bolt for the seatpost and quick-release for the seat, it seems preferable to just use quick-release for the seatpost and take the whole thing with you. Yes it's annoying to have to carry a seat and seatpost around, but it's not that much less annoying to just have the seat.
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