bontrager seat

andy610
andy610 Posts: 602
edited April 2008 in Road beginners
anyone know of where i can get hold of a bontrager race basic lux seat as ive damaged it trying unsuccessfully to get my seatpost out my bike is a trek pilot 1.0

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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    do you actually like the seat?

    I hated the one that came with my pilot 1.2 - i'd give it to you but it's on my old MTB at the moment (whose saddle fell to bits)

    awful thing!

    anyway - JEJames seem to have a fair range of bontrager 'bits' - they have the race lite models, but I think you are going to struggle to get the 'OE" types

    I was going to say evans too - but they don't seem to have any either,
  • andy610
    andy610 Posts: 602
    yes i found the seat comfortable do you also know of a stem i can use for this seat which will be the same fitting as the one stuck in my frame but not carbon
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    i know you are put off by carbon - i've read the thread and realize what a pain in the arse a seized seatpost is - but try and get over the carbon thing. I swapped the carbon bontrager one from the pilot onto my langster and put the langsters 'pretend' carbon one onto the pilot (it's alloy wrapped to make it look like carbon!).

    The pilot is less comfortable as a result (but the langster is much better - which is good as it is my favourite bike!)

    other than that - any 27.2mm post will be fine - with a compact frame I'd try and get a longer one rather than the 250mm ones - 325 or 350 will be fine.
  • andy610
    andy610 Posts: 602
    is a carbon seatpost more comfortable then an alloy one, and did you have trouble removing your seat post from the trek 1.2
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    no problem removing th seatpost - it was only there for a year, but used in all weathers including a very went coast-2-coast ride last may.

    carbon seatposts are designed to remove some of the road vibration - that said, there are a lot of people on here that think they don't make a jot of difference - I personally think they do - but it does get a bit of debate on here.

    good priced one here:
    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=A1175

    although if you are stuck on alloy - there is one here:
    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=A1257

    actually - probikekit have a fairly good selection now that I look:
    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?c ... 0&LIMIT=28

    (not affiliated with PBK, although I have used them a fair bit and they seem good)
  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    Is it one of THESE you are after? I have a brand new unused one (as i immediately swapped the saddles when i got my bike) I was going to put it on ebay.
    We are born with the dead:
    See, they return, and bring us with them.
  • andy610
    andy610 Posts: 602
    how much was you going to sell it for inc pap i have also seen one similiar on all terrain cycles site
  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    Andy, have sent you a PM.
    We are born with the dead:
    See, they return, and bring us with them.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Bontrager Lux Seat...you'll have to be quick, they are the last of stock in the UK, they are getting superseded with a new model...you can still get them at Alpine Bikes..

    http://www2.alpinebikes.com/

    I had a major dillemma recently...I'va always had Bontrager saddles and they suit me to a T...no problem...but tried to swap over to a Spesh Alias...oh my god...my arse was in tatters, also a Fizik Arione killed me aswell....a saddles the most important part of the bike IMO....and no saddle is suited for all...its a very personal thinng...I was very worried when I seen they were no longer stocked...but I did find alpine bikes and anotther shop in england with the CRZ+ option aswell...I bought 6 saddles in all for my 3 bikes just so i'll never have to worry for a looooong time. :wink:

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