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Date: 15 Jun 2007 01:39:49
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Subject: Cervelo Soloist Seat Swap
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How do you get the seat off the rails to change out the stock seat...?
(beginner question)
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Date: 15 Jun 2007 03:01:34
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Subject: Re: Cervelo Soloist Seat Swap
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excellent - thank you.
after some time and and eventually removing the post I was able to
remove the existing seat by sliding it off the rails. Then replaced
it and tweaked the seat angle (by adjusting the forward bolt then
locking it own with the rear, correct?), but you are right, not
remotely user-friendly.
On Jun 14, 9:51 pm, raam...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 14, 9:39 pm, rob.thor...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > How do you get the seat off the rails to change out the stock seat...?
> > (beginner question)
> .
> the trick is to loosen the bolt at the back of the seat clamp; this
> will relieve the presure on the forward bolt allowing the seat to be
> slid and the bolt to be loosened. I am hardly convinced that this is
> the best engineered seat clamp arrangement; perhaps the propietary
> design suits their business model, but not cyclists
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Date: 16 Jun 2007 02:18:30
From: sl
Subject: Re: Cervelo Soloist Seat Swap
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In article <1181876494.173670.324600@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com >,
<rob.thorsen@gmail.com > wrote:
>excellent - thank you.
>
>after some time and and eventually removing the post I was able to
>remove the existing seat by sliding it off the rails. Then replaced
>it and tweaked the seat angle (by adjusting the forward bolt then
>locking it own with the rear, correct?), but you are right, not
>remotely user-friendly.
>
>On Jun 14, 9:51 pm, raam...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Jun 14, 9:39 pm, rob.thor...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> > How do you get the seat off the rails to change out the stock seat...?
>> > (beginner question)
>> .
>> the trick is to loosen the bolt at the back of the seat clamp; this
>> will relieve the presure on the forward bolt allowing the seat to be
>> slid and the bolt to be loosened. I am hardly convinced that this is
>> the best engineered seat clamp arrangement; perhaps the propietary
>> design suits their business model, but not cyclists
Just by chance, I decided to move the seat forward on my Soloist last
night, while on the road. (Been meaning to for some time, just kept
forgetting to at home, wanted to try it forward a bit prior to race this
weekend...)
It only took about 10 seconds to determine that the rear bolt loosened
everything and that the overall angle would be set by the front (from
the top...)
Perhaps not quite as simple as two separate bolts, both accesible from
the bottom etc.. But I'm not sure it qualifies as something excessively
hard to use or figure out.
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Date: 14 Jun 2007 18:51:27
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Subject: Re: Cervelo Soloist Seat Swap
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On Jun 14, 9:39 pm, rob.thor...@gmail.com wrote:
> How do you get the seat off the rails to change out the stock seat...?
> (beginner question)
the trick is to loosen the bolt at the back of the seat clamp; this
will relieve the presure on the forward bolt allowing the seat to be
slid and the bolt to be loosened. I am hardly convinced that this is
the best engineered seat clamp arrangement; perhaps the propietary
design suits their business model, but not cyclists
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