How to fix it would be a bonus too. I feel like it might just be brute force that's needed.
Please tell me someone's seen this before
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by phatdog1995
How to fix it would be a bonus too. I feel like it might just be brute force that's needed.
Please tell me someone's seen this before
byu/phatdog1995 inbikewrench
by phatdog1995
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I’ve seen it, but I’ve never seen it fixed. My guess is that the plastic part holding the nose on is broken.
Usually, the construction of a saddle includes a front plate that bolts the seat structure down onto the saddle rails. If bolt came loose then plate could have fallen off and led to this saddle failure. Cheaper saddles don’t have this plate removable and it could have just deformed or sheared itself out of place. If it’s an expensive saddle you may be able to source said plate and repair it. If not, yep your saddle is a goner, good news is they can be got for small money anyway.
Jep had that on an SLR XP, if you life dangerous you can bent it back in with heavy muscle use.
I’ve seen (and done) this. The plastic insertion point for the rails is probably broken or you managed to torque the rails out by dropping the bike or falling.
Either way, it’s not repairable. Time to saddle up to a new saddle.
The new alligator nose seat. It’s a feature, not a flaw. /s.
Honestly the nose piece either broke, or slipped out under high force. Regardless I’d recommend a new seat.
Yes. I’ve seen broken seats before.