The Jackass Thread lives! ►PLEASE READ 1ST POST◄
01-23-16 | 06:02 PM
#3728
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
01-24-16 | 07:15 AM
#3729
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,631
Likes: 328
Thanks, I only do carpentry for a living....
A level is just that...to level a flat surface. Seats that have a higher rear section will totally mess with any type of leveling tool since your butt isn't sitting on the back edge. You'll just end up with the front angling upwards at a goofy angle. I've seen Flites at this angle and it's usually followed with a bunch of "dude, lower that nose down, that's not a BMX seat."
A level is just that...to level a flat surface. Seats that have a higher rear section will totally mess with any type of leveling tool since your butt isn't sitting on the back edge. You'll just end up with the front angling upwards at a goofy angle. I've seen Flites at this angle and it's usually followed with a bunch of "dude, lower that nose down, that's not a BMX seat."
I am 1990 Flite loyalist and am also one of those guys whose saddle looks like the nose points up. The way I have mine positioned keeps my ass in the "cradle" and my weight off my wrists/arms.
I never checked it with a level before but these comments got me curious so I did and what I found is that from nose to tail it is exactly level...
Is that Jackass?
01-24-16 | 11:29 AM
#3730
Clark W. Griswold
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 18,274
Likes: 6,631
From: ,location, location
Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26
Thanks, I only do carpentry for a living....
A level is just that...to level a flat surface. Seats that have a higher rear section will totally mess with any type of leveling tool since your butt isn't sitting on the back edge. You'll just end up with the front angling upwards at a goofy angle. I've seen Flites at this angle and it's usually followed with a bunch of "dude, lower that nose down, that's not a BMX seat."
A level is just that...to level a flat surface. Seats that have a higher rear section will totally mess with any type of leveling tool since your butt isn't sitting on the back edge. You'll just end up with the front angling upwards at a goofy angle. I've seen Flites at this angle and it's usually followed with a bunch of "dude, lower that nose down, that's not a BMX seat."
I have never had those problems leveling any of my saddles with a level. Maybe it is a Flite issue? Pound Sign: Fliteissues?
01-25-16 | 10:42 PM
#3732
Clark W. Griswold
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 18,274
Likes: 6,631
From: ,location, location
Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26
01-26-16 | 07:58 AM
#3735
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,414
Likes: 2
From: Arlington, TX
Bikes: 2008 Surly Cross Check, 2010 Fuji Track Comp
01-26-16 | 09:35 AM
#3736
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 213
Likes: 0
From: LA not L.A.
Bikes: Are awesome!
01-26-16 | 10:52 AM
#3738
Calamari Marionette Ph.D
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 7,861
Likes: 41
From: Coeur d' Alene
Bikes: 3 Chinese Gas Pipe Nerdcycles and 2 Chicago Electroforged Boat Anchors
01-26-16 | 12:05 PM
#3741
Calamari Marionette Ph.D
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 7,861
Likes: 41
From: Coeur d' Alene
Bikes: 3 Chinese Gas Pipe Nerdcycles and 2 Chicago Electroforged Boat Anchors
01-26-16 | 12:10 PM
#3742
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,414
Likes: 2
From: Arlington, TX
Bikes: 2008 Surly Cross Check, 2010 Fuji Track Comp
01-26-16 | 12:48 PM
#3743
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,414
Likes: 2
From: Arlington, TX
Bikes: 2008 Surly Cross Check, 2010 Fuji Track Comp
(~$2500 +shipping is what I got in my spreadsheet, but that includes an indulgence for some Mack hubs and a few other shiny bits. Haven't convinced myself to pull the trigger and actually spend the money yet, though)
01-26-16 | 01:24 PM
#3745
Not actually Tmonk
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 17,292
Likes: 6,078
From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: road, track, mtb
cat3 crits are basically just as sketchy
they say you need to race P/1/2 or masters before it is continually fast and smooth, but then again, grass is always greener...
they say you need to race P/1/2 or masters before it is continually fast and smooth, but then again, grass is always greener...
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
01-26-16 | 01:30 PM
#3746
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 213
Likes: 0
From: LA not L.A.
Bikes: Are awesome!
01-26-16 | 03:24 PM
#3747
Buddy
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 684
Likes: 0
From: Toronto
Bikes: 80s Gardin. Green fixed-gear. POS mountain bike.
01-26-16 | 03:39 PM
#3749
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,414
Likes: 2
From: Arlington, TX
Bikes: 2008 Surly Cross Check, 2010 Fuji Track Comp
I wasn't commenting on his writing. I didn't read it because GoFundMe only shows me about 20 words at a time, which makes it entirely too tedious to read anything on their crappy site.
