Carbon saddle not fitting
Moderator: robbosmans
Hi Weight Weenies!
I'm doing a light yet rather cheap build mostly for looks and as a summer/winter project, however I ran into some problems..
I got myself a china full carbon saddle and thought that I could just pair it up with any top-bottom clamp seatpost, however my Deda RS-EL seatpost doesn't fit it. The rails seem to be spread to far apart compared to the "rail-guides" on the clamp. Some said the problem was that "It is not made for oval rails", however the problem is clearly the distance between the rails.
Is this just a china f*ck-up or?
https://vid.me/PH2r
I'm doing a light yet rather cheap build mostly for looks and as a summer/winter project, however I ran into some problems..
I got myself a china full carbon saddle and thought that I could just pair it up with any top-bottom clamp seatpost, however my Deda RS-EL seatpost doesn't fit it. The rails seem to be spread to far apart compared to the "rail-guides" on the clamp. Some said the problem was that "It is not made for oval rails", however the problem is clearly the distance between the rails.
Is this just a china f*ck-up or?
https://vid.me/PH2r
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Try the post with a regular saddle. If that fits it suggests your Chinese saddle is not right.
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If the build definitions are that it should be cheap, good looking, and a project, then you could perhaps custom fabricate a clamp to fit the saddles rail gap. Depending on how much extra metal there is on the Deda one, you could widen the grooves, or if you have another post that uses a clamshell tube cradle with front/rear bolt adjustment there are tons of threads on here where people describe making their own cradles from carbon tubes. These could easily be made to any width you desire.
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