What's wrong with this picture
03-30-16, 07:11 AM
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What's wrong with this picture
Must be a model posing for a picture. Don't know how he could stay on that seat.
03-30-16, 09:08 AM
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'nose up' is generally not a bad thing - a degree or three above horizontal can keep your weight on the wider flatter rear part of the saddle, and keeps the weight off your hands. The picture, though, looks like the result of a failed clamp on a straight post - the type of clamp with a 13 or 14 mm nut on either side and knurled washers that tend to wear out and let the saddle slip.
03-30-16, 09:17 AM
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Makes me wonder if a "spring loaded" seatpost clamp that allows for variation in tilt during the ride could be a good thing. (Nose pushes down under weight of rider)?
03-30-16, 12:10 PM
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He isn't wearing a helmet and he is using a cable lock in what is probably a big city!
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Originally Posted by Wilfred Laurier
The picture, though, looks like the result of a failed clamp on a straight post - the type of clamp with a 13 or 14 mm nut on either side and knurled washers that tend to wear out and let the saddle slip.
03-30-16, 12:50 PM
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He's wearing skinny jeans.
03-30-16, 01:32 PM
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I think he's just a model for this picture. It came from Marketwatch and they said that Millennials are saving lots of money. The seat threw me off
03-30-16, 01:43 PM
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They are "the Ben Franklin generation" according to that clickbait sidebar article I have yet to click on...
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Actually the real problem with the photo is bad lighting.
However, as far as the saddle goes, it's not nearly the worst I've seen.
I spent a decent number of years in retail, and people walk in all the time wheeling bikes with saddles more tilted than this one. And no they're not complaining about it, they just ride that way.
I'm sure that the others here on BF who were in retail for any length of time have also seen worse.
However, as far as the saddle goes, it's not nearly the worst I've seen.
I spent a decent number of years in retail, and people walk in all the time wheeling bikes with saddles more tilted than this one. And no they're not complaining about it, they just ride that way.
I'm sure that the others here on BF who were in retail for any length of time have also seen worse.
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03-30-16, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jsjcat
Don't know how he could stay on that seat.
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03-30-16, 07:21 PM
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Upright bars, even with or higher than saddle, saddle tilted nose up. Just like mine 
03-30-16, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by SteelIsRealHevy
I see the problem...the hipster has gears on his bike!
03-30-16, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rex615
It's a Brooks, it's supposed to be pointed up .
.The OP could have a look through the Century Bicycles thread for more examples ...
https://www.bikeforums.net/long-dista...bicycle-s.html
03-30-16, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Machka
Yes.
The OP could have a look through the Century Bicycles thread for more examples ...
https://www.bikeforums.net/long-dista...bicycle-s.html
The OP could have a look through the Century Bicycles thread for more examples ...
https://www.bikeforums.net/long-dista...bicycle-s.html
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