Small Tip

cgarossi

But a usefull one.

When you get a new bike, instead of ditching the rear reflector bracket, remove the reflector and use the bracket to mark your seat post position. That way if you ever need to remove the seat post you can put it back in the same position as before.



Note the clamp on the seat post.

Andy B

If you need to drop your post you can't though*


*unless the clamp marks the lowered post setting

cgarossi

Well no, but I don't drop my seat very often. And I carry a screw driver in my pack anyway.

nicklouse

Arr Andy then you have the Spesh bikes that have the stop built in to the seat tower stopping you from dropping it onto the shock.

cgarossi
but as most people drop the saddle for the decents i would see that as more of a pain than a help.

marker pen is great.

Daz555

I put a dot with a marker right in the slot in the seat tube - that way I can go back to the same height and know its straight without even having to check.

Bracket would stop you lowering the saddle so a no-no from me.

Tips are always good tho and yours will work for many I'm sure.

cgarossi

Fair enough. I don't lower my saddle in very many situations and im always taking my bike in and out of the car.

cat_with_no_tail

cgarossi wrote:

Fair enough. I don't lower my saddle in very many situations and im always taking my bike in and out of the car.

C'mon, admit it, you just wanted an excuse to post a pic of your (admittedly very nice) bike didnt you. Come on now, no fibbing

cgarossi

Well, a little.

Don't get me started I have other equally useless tips which might involve posting up more pics

I have them on my PC desktop at work. Damn I so need a girlfriend lol

woodywmb

Try the Truvativ Tell-U tool which marks the seatpost so that you can quickly guage where it should be before tightening up the QR. It's quite dear at £29.95 but you can also use it as a felt tip pen for posters etc.

gezzza

Dropping the seat

If you cant ride down a hill with the seat in the correct postion for riding you either
need to learn to ride a bike or you need to get better at riding a bike

sniper68

gezzza wrote:

Dropping the seat

If you cant ride down a hill with the seat in the correct postion for riding you either
need to learn to ride a bike or you need to get better at riding a bike

Maybe you haven't ridden anything steep/technical enough to warrant dropping yours?
DHers ride with their saddles low,why?Because you can move about on the bike quicker and get further back on the bike(lower centre of gravity) without the saddle restricting movement.

Daz555

gezzza wrote:

Dropping the seat

If you cant ride down a hill with the seat in the correct postion for riding you either
need to learn to ride a bike or you need to get better at riding a bike

:roll: Sorry, but that has to be one of the most ill-thought out posts I've read on here.

paul.skibum

Gezza - sorry but that's just plain stupid. Riding a DH course on a DH bike where you dont need to sit you sure as hell dont want the saddle up at XC height.

Similarly I would drop the saddle for any reasonable length technical descent where pedalling is a minor consideration. I have ridden in a variety of terrain from chiltern hills to french alps and consider myself an OK rider. I drop my saddle all the time since I have far greater confidence getting out the back with the tyre buzzing my pants when I dont have a saddle to rest my chin on at the same time!

OK riding some undulating southern hills I dont drop it because the gradients are never so steep or long I feel I need to.