Got on the mountain bike for the first weekend in months after having spent the year riding the road bike and was finding it a bit small. Rode my brother in laws bike which was a bit big for my liking but fitted me much better. I have a Thomson layback post at the moment so 16mm setback with my saddle right back. I want to push my saddle back a bit further so want a 30-35mm post. I can only find uber cheap tat or an FSA k-force SB30 which is over a ton. Can anyone suggest something between £30-50?
......interested in this too, as my sadlle is always right back and the next size up frame feels too big (I use race face seatpost, got quite a bit of offset, more than thomson I think).
Only 5'5", but longinsh inside leg being a girl...
Anyone?
Velo Orange Grand Cru? 30mm layback.
Seriously? The frame doesn't fit you. If you feel that the next size of frame is too big, then look at another frame altogether.
there is a nitto made for rivendell that's got about 40mm-27.2 only.but a bit short for a mtb at 25cm.
or get an ibeam saddle/post.
"[i]Seriously? The frame doesn't fit you.[/i]"
I love people who can do a personalised frame fit without getting a tape measure out or even seeing the person they're doing it for. Remind me why you don't charge for that service 🙂
Seriously? The frame doesn't fit you. If you feel that the next size of frame is too big, then look at another frame altogether.
When I got it I was happy with it but I have more than one bike now and have since realised that what was fine isn't as good and needs tweaking. If only it was as easy to just 'get another frame'
get an ibeam saddle/post.
I did look at an [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Kits.aspx?ModelID=54922 ]SDG I-Fly[/url]. Not had an SDG saddle for years [think it was Bel Air] and it was on a DH bike so how comfortable are they for the long haul? Are th clamps better now? Seem to remember people complaining that they never held?
Just seen they get bad reviews for being very uncomfortable.
I've used two
FSA had 20mm but only single bolt so prone to creaking
Swapped to Control Tech double bolt 20 mm (or maybe 25 mm?) and works fine
What I never appreciated is saddle rail dimensions vary a bit, changing to a different SDG saddle (solid Ti rail flex edge) gave me a few more mm
I've used a kore one,plenty comfortable as it's not a monoblock design like the sdg ones.less adjustment though.
the sdg was too stiff for me.
newer sdg is different though.it's like the kore ones.
some saddles have long rails,the on one bignose - comfortable and cheap.
dunno if those smp saddles have even longer rails.seems like it.
or you can always get a custom post made.
I remember finding quite a few making them in ti.
at least one in steel(quite cheap actually).
For the record, my bum likes SDG Bel Air seats - far more so than the various Flites / Charge / Own brand seats I've had over the years. Not sure I'd buy an I-beam though, heard too many stories of the 'rails' deforming.
you could try a 10/15 mm longer stem.