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Adjusting saddle angle

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  • October 21, 2016 at 9:01 am #26424
    brooksby

    My bike (Mongoose hybrid) has a single bolt for the saddle clamp: I’ve been trying to get the saddle a bit more nose up (ideally level, but y’know…).   So I undo the bolt, adjust the saddle, then tighten the bolt again.   Except that as I tighten the bolt, I can actually see the nose of the saddle move down again.

    Is there something blindingly obvious that I’m missing here?

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  • October 24, 2016 at 8:50 pm #880755
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    Roadie_john

    Nose up is the way to go for

    Nose up is the way to go for me too. Not by much, but definitely just up from the horizontal.

    October 24, 2016 at 11:10 am #880753
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    brooksby

    I realised after some

    I realised after some fiddling that I had to loosen the bolt a certain amount to open up the clamp and move the saddle fore/aft, but then had to loosen it quite a lot more to be able to freely change the angle.   I’ve now got the saddle set quite far back, and the nose is pointing ever so slightly up.

    October 24, 2016 at 10:47 am #880751
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    StraelGuy

    Don’t let others judge your

    Don’t let others judge your bike setup. What works for you works for you. I have my saddles pointing slighty up on all my bikes.

    October 21, 2016 at 10:48 am #880749
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    brooksby
    CXR94Di2 wrote:
    Yes, set it slightly too high and as the bolt tighens it will pull it into the position you desire

    Thats great! Thank you.

    October 21, 2016 at 9:10 am #880747
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    CXR94Di2

    Yes, set it slightly too high

    Yes, set it slightly too high and as the bolt tighens it will pull it into the position you desire

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