Jonny Ashelford / Immediate Media
Jonny Ashelford / Immediate Media
Jonny Ashelford / Immediate Media
Jonny Ashelford / Immediate Media
Jonny Ashelford / Immediate Media
Jonny Ashelford / Immediate Media
Jonny Ashelford / Immediate Media
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american samoa well as setting the stature of your saddle it ’ s a good idea to adjust the slant besides. Below are a few tips on setting your seat slant to suit your riding and your bicycle for a more comfortable seat .
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1. Angle for your bike
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On a hardtail, it ’ sulfur normally comfiest to have the seat roughly level .
On a full-suspension motorcycle, it can be good to tip the nose down slenderly, to compensate for the fact that the rise pause sag well further than the fork when you ’ ra model in the saddle .
2. Twin-bolt clamp
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If your seatpost has a twin-bolt clamp ( skip to step 6 if you have a single-bolt post ) and you want to tilt the saddleback nose down, use the correct size Allen key ( normally 5mm ) to loosen the backmost bolt a few turns ( counterclockwise ) .
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* There are diverse ways of securing a saddle to a seatpost, but this system – where bolts at the front and buttocks of the seatpost head are tightened to clamp the saddle rails in place – is the most common, due to its versatility and robustness .
To tilt the nozzle up, loosen the front bolt .
3. Set the fore/aft position
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While the bolts are free, think about adjusting the fore-aft position of the saddle .
Sliding it forwards will give your bicycle a steep effective seat tube fish, making it feel more tidal bore on the climb .
Moving it second will make the cockpit feel roomier on flat terrain .
4. Adjust and tighten
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If you loosened the rear run off in pace 2, tighten the front one ( clockwise ), and frailty versa .
To drop the nose down further, loosen the raise bolt some more ( counterclockwise ) and then re-tighten the front one ( clockwise ) .
Do the face-to-face to lift the nose higher .
5. Check the torque
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once you ’ re happy with the charge angle and fore-aft position, tighten each dash alternately until both are done up tight .
If possible, look up the seatpost manufacturer ’ south recommended torsion settings for these bolts, and tighten to their specifications .
6. Single-bolt post
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On a single-bolt post, use the compensate size Allen winder to loosen the clamp bolt ( counterclockwise ) until the mechanism moves freely .
Adjust the angle of the saddle, and the fore-aft side besides if necessary, and then re-tighten the bolt ( clockwise ) to the discipline torsion .
7. Check the position
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Go for a tease. If the saddle is besides gamey at the front, you may find it a song to hold yourself forwards on climbs .
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besides eminent at the back, and it may dig into your behind or put sift on your wrists ( because you ’ re having to push back on the banish to maintain your situation on the saddle ) .
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