Broken CF seat base

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Did you have a piece of plastic or rubber between the base and the post?
I have heard of other bases breaking but only one base breaking that
had that.

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ntappin said:

Did you have a piece of plastic or rubber between the base and the post?
I have heard of other bases breaking but only one base breaking that
had that.

Yeah, of course. I have taken really good care of it. Stupid things
cost $140NZ here, thats like 2 weeks of wages for me.

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Ahh, ok well then I'm afraid you may have just had really really bad
luck. Although I can empathize with the price, they cost 120 CAD over
here, which is why I have yet to shell out the money to buy one.

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ntappin said:

Ahh, ok well then I'm afraid you may have just had really really bad
luck. Although I can empathize with the price, they cost 120 CAD over
here, which is why I have yet to shell out the money to buy one.

I think I am just too damn heavy. I'm going to have to buy another one
soon too, because the plastic bases only last a few weeks of light
riding.
So far this year: Two badly sprained ankles, glandular fever, a hair
cut, and a broken CF base. Just not a good one for my unicycling I
guess.

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muzzle said:

I think I am just too damn heavy. I'm going to have to buy another one
soon too, because the plastic bases only last a few weeks of light
riding.
So far this year: Two badly sprained ankles, glandular fever, a hair
cut, and a broken CF base. Just not a good one for my unicycling I
guess.

Try a post with seat reinforcing tube, or stiffener plate in a plastic
base. If you used some 1/8th steel for a plate you would'nt bend it
ever.

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Evan Byrne said:

Try a post with seat reinforcing tube, or stiffener plate in a plastic
base. If you used some 1/8th steel for a plate you would'nt bend it
ever.

Thing I will try a seat post made of a solid rod of steel, and a base
with 7/8" steel plate 😉

So, I know that Ryan Atkins has broken one... Anyone else?

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Take a picture of the broken base along with pictures of how it was
attached to the seatpost. I'm curious if there was something about how
you had it attached that might have made it more likely to break. Did
you score (scratch or chip) the base while drilling the holes?
Anything else that might have contributed?

The CF seat bases aren't indestructible. To keep prices reasonable
they have a lot of resin in the middle and aren't solid layers of CF
all the way through. They aren't as strong as some of the more mass
produced CF bicycle parts that are able to use more CF and advanced
molding and layering.

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john_childs said:

Did you score (scratch or chip) the base while drilling the holes?
Anything else that might have contributed?

No scratches or chips, I can't think of anything which may have caused
it to fail other than the fact that I may not be the lightest rider.
Technically the base hasn't snapped right through, but flexes several
mm. It is now on my bedroom floor, so I'll have to try take some macro
shots so the detail is high enough. Its kinda hard to see it.

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That sux, Muzz. I might sell my Miyata shaped CF base if you twist my
arm... I'm not really using it at the moment. You'd probably need to
use a rail seatpost, as its drilled for Miyata seatposts.

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You may search around your home town to find some one who does work on
fiberglass. Chances are they could repair the base.

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Erik Douane (mango) has broken one, and so has ryan atkins

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TonyMelton said:

That sux, Muzz. I might sell my Miyata shaped CF base if you twist my
arm... I'm not really using it at the moment. You'd probably need to
use a rail seatpost, as its drilled for Miyata seatposts.

Never going to consider a rail adaptor on my Street/Trials uni, just
isn't right.
Miyata base would be ok, but you've drilled it for (a) a Miyata
seatpost (b) a Miyata handle, its hard to get 27.2mm Miyata cromoly
seatposts, and my hands are too big for those small handles (like it
for freestyle uni tho).

enahs said:

You may search around your home town to find some one who does work on
fiberglass. Chances are they could repair the base.

I live in our country's largest city, so that's no problem. I have all
the equipment required for fiberglass work, but I doubt that would be
strong enough. Might fabricate a few strengthener plates from steel and
use them on the bases I already have, hopefully be strong enough.

mornish said:

Erik Douane (mango) has broken one, and so has ryan atkins

Thanks, thats really what I wanted to know. I really gotta be more
gentle when I am trying to land new tricks.

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wait wht do you mean the CF seat base, I just bought the seat, are you
saying it is possible to break one, ppl have broken them before????
It took me forever to raise up that much money....plz tell me it isnt
the seat that broke, pics plz, and tell the truth, not wht i said.🙁 🙁

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Pretty sure I remember seeing Manu break one in a vid too.

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wait wht do you mean the CF seat base, I just bought the seat, are you
saying it is possible to break one, ppl have broken them before????
It took me forever to raise up that much money....plz tell me it isnt
the seat that broke, pics plz, and tell the truth, not wht i said.🙁 🙁

People have definitely broken them before.

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I snapped the back of a CF base ejecting from a glide. CF and hard
surfaces like pavement don't seem to mix well.

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I have uploaded some pictures from my phone to the gallery,
http://tinyurl.com/2n2cz9

Its hard to see the damage, but the cracks go all the way from one side
to the other.

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just because they can break, it doesn't mean they aren't good. They are
about 20 times stronger, stiffer, and cooler looking then plastic, as
well as lighter. you would brake 10 plastic seats before you broke a
CF one.

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mornish said:

just because they can break, it doesn't mean they aren't good. They are
about 20 times stronger, stiffer, and cooler looking then plastic, as
well as lighter. you would brake 10 plastic seats before you broke a
CF one.

And that's why I'm buying another to replace the broken one. The fact
that they don't flex is worth it alone, they feel so much nicer, I want
one for my muni for that reason.

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