I’ve been enjoying my M40 Handle Saddle + ISM saddle setup for quite some time now. It’s my favorite so far. But I’ve also come to realize that the Handle Saddle base is not really important to me as I exclusively hold the handles/bull horns at the end. So I have long been toying with the idea of building something similar with a regular seat post…
Parts list:
- Split nose saddle (an ISM clone)
- 27,2mm regular bike seat post
- 27,2mm → 31,6mm shim (ideally it should be 31,8mm but I had no issues with 31,6)
- A piece of 22,2mm handlebar (just a piece of a regular bike handlebar)
- 22,2 → 25,4mm shim
- 3 x bike bar ends / one cut short to just hold the brake lever.
- 180 degree bike stem
- Folding bike stem 300mm - description said tube was 28,6mm but it was in fact 25,4mm
- 25,4mm → 28,6mm shim (because of above mistake…)
I ended up using some other longer bar ends than pictured and I also had to angle the nose of the saddle a bit downwards to get the best comfort.
It’s very stiff and also quite lightweight. Seatpost, seat and handlebar is ~1300g in total.
Like it so far, obviously best suited for seated riding with two hand on the bar. When standing up in the pedals it feels a bit sketchy 