Less Seat Post?

Well after getting the tire inflated today I attempted to mount…

Keyword: attempted :slight_smile:

No dropping or falling off occured because… I failed to remember that while
I’m about 5’4" my legs are unusually short. This creates a problem in reaching
the pedals! So I tried lowering the seat post about as far as I could get it to
go and lo and behold, I could just about reach the pedal. But then the post
stabs the wheel and well, that’s just counter productive to ridding the thing :slight_smile:

So, what’s the best way to cut off about an inch to inch&1/2 off the seat
post? Hacksaw?

I’m sure everybody’s just loving these posts from the unibie, it’ll stop soon…
I hope :-o

Re: Less Seat Post?

>
>So, what’s the best way to cut off about an inch to inch&1/2 off the seat
>post? Hacksaw?
>
The best thing to use is a pipe cutter which ensures a neat cut with no sharp
edges and also won’t deform the tube. You can usually get them in the plumbing
tools section of DIY shops.

Jon


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Re: Less Seat Post?

Hey there,

You might want to consider picking up a tube cutter. It will make a much cleaner
cut and doesn’t take as much work as using a hacksaw. You should be able to pick
one up at your local hardware store (read Home Depot, they’re invading the
planet) for $25 or so, Canadian too!

A tube cutter looks something like this …
http://www.contractorstools.com/graphics/Hempe5.JPG

Enjoy …

Carl

hidden7 wrote:
>
> Well after getting the tire inflated today I attempted to mount…
>
> Keyword: attempted
>
> No dropping or falling off occured because… I failed to remember that while
> I’m about 5’4" my legs are unusually short. This creates a problem in
> reaching the pedals! So I tried lowering the seat post about as far as I
> could get it to go and lo and behold, I could just about reach the pedal. But
> then the post stabs the wheel and well, that’s just counter productive to
> ridding the thing
>
> So, what’s the best way to cut off about an inch to inch&1/2 off the seat
> post? Hacksaw?
>
> I’m sure everybody’s just loving these posts from the unibie, it’ll stop
> soon… I hope :-o

Re: Less Seat Post?

I’ve used a hacksaw for this - very carefully, then file off the little bits of
metal. Cut off the minimum possible amount so that the post can be used later at
as wide a range of heights as possible. Cut it so that it misses stabbing the
wheel by a little (1cm or so).

Have fun getting the hang of riding it!

—Nathan

“hidden7” <hidden7@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Well after getting the tire inflated today I attempted to mount…
>
> Keyword: attempted
>
> No dropping or falling off occured because… I failed to remember that while
> I’m about 5’4" my legs are unusually short. This creates a problem in
> reaching the pedals! So I tried lowering the seat post about as far as I
> could get it to go and lo and behold, I could just about reach the pedal. But
> then the post stabs the wheel and well, that’s just counter productive to
> ridding the thing
>
> So, what’s the best way to cut off about an inch to inch&1/2 off the seat
> post? Hacksaw?
>
> I’m sure everybody’s just loving these posts from the unibie, it’ll stop
> soon… I hope :-o

Re: Less Seat Post?

And so that you can raise it again once you learn to mount better. I like mine
as high as possible, now that mounting isn’t a problem.

Graham W. Boyes


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“Nathan Hoover” <nathan@movaris.com> wrote in message
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> I’ve used a hacksaw for this - very carefully, then file off the little
bits
> of metal. Cut off the minimum possible amount so that the post can be used
> later at as wide a range of heights as possible. Cut it so that it misses
> stabbing the wheel by a little (1cm or so).
>
> Have fun getting the hang of riding it!
>
> —Nathan