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What time is ti over in AZ?
It’s 12:20am in the UK.
its 524 pm
Ah right. I prseume u still go to school then. You’re often online when I am, so you probably come online after school and im online a little too late!
yup…i go to school…its kinda a law..
I should really look at peoples information before I say stupid things!
haha
I posted this thread when I snapped mine: Broken CF seat base
here is a photo gallery: http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=320556
I was very careful in taking care of my CF base before it cracked. Once it cranks, its to the trash.
I know that Luke Collalto, and Alex Toms from Australia have both snapped a CF base also. Alex had his for just a few weeks, and said that he spent more time drilling and filing the base than riding with it.
I broke mine attempting double backflips, Alex broke his doing double backflips.
I hope my next CF base will not break whilst doing double backflips.
I will likely not file the holes square for the seatpost bolts, as I think it will be less prone to cracking this way.
If you’re so sure you are going to break the CF base then why don’t you just get a plastic one. If you know you are going to break it then you are at least saying money. Also you get a WHOLE seat for about 3/4 the cost of the CF base alone.
Beacuse the plastic one will break much much sooner. There are others “pros” to having a carbon fiber base as well, like its is lighter and stiffer. The stiffer more rigged base give the unicycle more response as well as not feeling like a wet noodle.
Once you have ridden with CF, a plastic base feels WAY too soft.
I got my new seat last night (due to me snapping the original). Even though it’s plastic, I looked at putting a piece of rubber between the seatpost and seat to try to avoid any ‘cutting in’ from the sharp edges of the seatpost. Then found that the bolts weren’t long enough for me to be able to put the rubber in. They must design them so that the bolts are just long enough for the seatpost bracket.
So instead, I filed down the edges of the seatpost (only 1mm or so, just enough to stop there being any sharp edges) and I also managed to wedge little piece of rubber in at the back (where I presume all of the presure will be).
New seat:
Underside of seat:
Has anybody else tried to reinforce their seat in this way at all? I’m not sure whether it might put extra presure on the seat or whether it will help.
The issue with plastic bases isn’t that the seatpost cuts into the base - its that the metal stiffener plate inside isn’t strong enough and snaps. Without that support the plastic then breaks. It should be interesting to see if that helps any but I don’t believe it will do much at all.
yea its not that it cuts in…it just cnt take that much weight and snaps. I had a double stiffener plate (welded together) and mine still snapped.
Someone (GB4) should make third party stiffener plates for KH seat like GB4 used to make for miyata back in the day.
Thus, people would have a choice other than CF
Has anybody else noticed that the cover on their KH street saddle starts to wear REALLY quickly?
I only had mine on for a day or two and the cover has started to show wear in the form of white flakes. If I run my fingernail across the saddle it comes up white and flakey.