Gravity-Dropper Seatpost: Workaround For Wedge?

(PeteCresswell) said:

My kneejerk was to tie a few inches of black bungee through the
wedge's Velcro and the post.

Viz:
http://tinyurl.com/2tadj5
http://tinyurl.com/33ythp

But I suspect that a few hundred ups and downs will toast the
Velcro.

Have greater minds than mine come up with a more elegant/robust
solution?

Yes. If you're riding terrain that requires a Gravity-Dropper than
ditch the wedge.

Greg

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Per G.T.:

Quoted message said:

Yes. If you're riding terrain that requires a Gravity-Dropper than
ditch the wedge.

It's not the terrain per se.

More like the terrain + the rider's (extremely-limited) ability.
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PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell) said:

Per G.T.:

Quoted message said:

Yes. If you're riding terrain that requires a Gravity-Dropper than
ditch the wedge.

It's not the terrain per se.

More like the terrain + the rider's (extremely-limited) ability.

Like GT said, ditch it: http://www.altrec.com/shop/detail/28350/

I personally think the GD seatposts are suspect anyway. I sure the heck
wouldn't want anything rubbing or bumping up against it.
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Slack

Per ?Slack:

Quoted message said:

Like GT said, ditch it: http://www.altrec.com/shop/detail/28350/

I personally think the GD seatposts are suspect anyway. I sure the heck
wouldn't want anything rubbing or bumping up against it.

That link brought up a page for a CamelBak.

Was it supposed to be for something else?
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PeteCresswell

Slack said:

(PeteCresswell) said:

Per G.T.:

Quoted message said:

Yes. If you're riding terrain that requires a Gravity-Dropper than
ditch the wedge.

Quoted message said:

It's not the terrain per se.

Quoted message said:

More like the terrain + the rider's (extremely-limited) ability.

Like GT said, ditch it: http://www.altrec.com/shop/detail/28350/

I personally think the GD seatposts are suspect anyway. I sure the heck
wouldn't want anything rubbing or bumping up against it.
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Slack

They're not suspect, they are guilty of failing under heavy riders
already.

JD

Per JD:

Quoted message said:

They're not suspect, they are guilty of failing under heavy riders
already.

Anybody care to put a finer point on "Heavy"?
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PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell) said:

Per JD:

Quoted message said:

They're not suspect, they are guilty of failing under heavy riders
already.

Anybody care to put a finer point on "Heavy"?
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PeteCresswell

Clydesdale, or someone who is lighter but rides heavy.

JD

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Quoted message said:

My kneejerk was to tie a few inches of black bungee through the
wedge's Velcro and the post.

Viz:
http://tinyurl.com/2tadj5
http://tinyurl.com/33ythp

But I suspect that a few hundred ups and downs will toast the
Velcro.

Have greater minds than mine come up with a more elegant/robust
solution?

Another suggestion. Look for an NOS Hite-Rite and you can use your own
seatpost.

Greg
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Per JD:

Quoted message said:

Clydesdale

Pick one:
----------
180+
190+
200+
210+
220+
230+
240+
250+
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Per G.T.:

Quoted message said:

Another suggestion. Look for an NOS Hite-Rite and you can use your own
seatpost.

But then can still I tell my son-in-law that my seatpost cost
more than his entire bike? -)
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PeteCresswell

G.T. said:

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Quoted message said:

My kneejerk was to tie a few inches of black bungee through the
wedge's Velcro and the post.

Viz:
http://tinyurl.com/2tadj5
http://tinyurl.com/33ythp

But I suspect that a few hundred ups and downs will toast the
Velcro.

Have greater minds than mine come up with a more elegant/robust
solution?

Another suggestion. Look for an NOS Hite-Rite and you can use your own
seatpost.

Greg

???
<http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=69910&sid=d671d3c2425d9b92a1b65c443b083f0c>
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G.T. said:

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Quoted message said:

My kneejerk was to tie a few inches of black bungee through the
wedge's Velcro and the post.

Viz:
http://tinyurl.com/2tadj5
http://tinyurl.com/33ythp

But I suspect that a few hundred ups and downs will toast the
Velcro.

Have greater minds than mine come up with a more elegant/robust
solution?

Another suggestion. Look for an NOS Hite-Rite and you can use your own
seatpost.

Greg

<http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=69910&sid=d671d3c2425d9b92a1b65c443b083f0c>

Nice. That's the bike my friend Tony started with.

Greg
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Per JD:

Quoted message said:

They're not suspect, they are guilty of failing under heavy riders
already.

I called the guy who designed and markets them and he confirmed
that Release 1.0 did have problems with people over a certain
weight. I didn't lean on him for a number, but sense that my
220# would have qualified..

But now they're on release 2.something and he says that the
problem no longer exists and they've got 300# riders on them with
no problems. (fingers crossed....)

So far the functionality seems tb really good. Like somebody
said, a quantum change from Height-Rite (although for the
accompanying quantum increase in cost it damn well better
be....).

There's no substitute for being able to keep one's hands on the
bars - and it's also nice that when it comes back up it's always
straight and not tilted left or rite.

Only gripe I have is the same one I have with Thompson posts: the
saddle clip does not fully accommodate the goofey rails on Brooks
saddles.

If one is happy with the saddle dead flat or a little nose up,
it's ok, but tilting the nose slightly downwards requires some
work with a Dremel tool or rat-tail file and replacing one of the
bolts with one that's 5mm longer.

FWIW, the best saddle clip I've ever owned is on my old RaceFace:
all 5mm keys, one bolt for attitude, another for fore-aft... and
they're totally independent. You can even swap the saddle out
and replace it without losing the tilt adjustment.

It must have some fatal flaw though, bc Race Face discontinued it
in favor of the conventional 2-bolt-4mm-for-the-clip with
commingled tilt and setback adjustments.
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PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell) said:

Only gripe I have is the same one I have with Thompson posts: the
saddle clip does not fully accommodate the goofey rails on the goofy Brooks
saddles.

Fixed it for you.

Per pete fagerlin:

Quoted message said:

Fixed it for you.

That one went right over my head.

How about running it past me again in different words?
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Per pete fagerlin:

Quoted message said:

Fixed it for you.

That one went right over my head.

I've been pondering that one for 18 hours now. Must be some kind of Zen
thing.

Greg
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G.T. said:

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Quoted message said:

Per pete fagerlin:

Quoted message said:

Fixed it for you.

That one went right over my head.

I've been pondering that one for 18 hours now. Must be some kind of Zen
thing.

Greg

I thought there was supposed to be a link to a picture of something
gross that he forgot.

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Ride-A-Lot said:

G.T. said:

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Quoted message said:

Per pete fagerlin:
> Fixed it for you.
That one went right over my head.

I've been pondering that one for 18 hours now. Must be some kind of
Zen thing.

Greg

I thought there was supposed to be a link to a picture of something
gross that he forgot.

Do I have to 'splain everything?!?

Pete C. wrote about a jillion words complaining about the seatpost and
related matters.

Pete F. boiled it down to one concise sentence.

HTH

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Ride-A-Lot said:

G.T. said:

"(PeteCresswell)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Per pete fagerlin:
>> Fixed it for you.
> That one went right over my head.
>

I've been pondering that one for 18 hours now. Must be some kind of
Zen thing.

Greg

I thought there was supposed to be a link to a picture of something
gross that he forgot.

Do I have to 'splain everything?!?

Pete C. wrote about a jillion words complaining about the seatpost and
related matters.

Pete F. boiled it down to one concise sentence.

Ah, yes, I see now, one concise edited sentence:

Original: "Only gripe I have is the same one I have with Thompson posts:
the saddle clip does not fully accommodate the goofey rails on Brooks
saddles."

Pete F's: "Only gripe I have is the same one I have with Thompson posts:
the saddle clip does not fully accommodate the goofey rails on the goofy
Brooks saddles."

Greg
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