Replicate Saddle Tilt

[pdmtong]

It's too bad the angle gradations Thomson uses on their clamp and post isn't an approach replicated by other post makers. It makes it so easy to move a saddle from post to post

[Kontact]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

It's too bad the angle gradations Thomson uses on their clamp and post isn't an approach replicated by other post makers. It makes it so easy to move a saddle from post to post

But it would mislead you if you tried to do it between two bikes.


A clipboard makes a good surface to measure the angle from. The bike doesn't have to be perfectly level - but both bikes have to be sitting in the exact same spot.

[luv2bike]

Thanks so much for the collective wisdom!
I found a great app for the S8 called Bubble Level by NixGame. Works wonderfully for this. I just set it on top of a small piece of board which in turn is on the saddle.

Thanks all!

[BdaGhisallo]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

It's too bad the angle gradations Thomson uses on their clamp and post isn't an approach replicated by other post makers. It makes it so easy to move a saddle from post to post

There's a good reason for that. I was talking to someone at Thomson a few years back and they were talking about their posts and their design and he mentioned that the design they submitted to the patent office included those angle marks on it. They had only intended on seeking patent protection for the design of the post and clamp themselves but the patent office also extended them patent protection for the angle marks, so they gladly took it.

[ptourkin]

Originally Posted by luv2bike

Thanks so much for the collective wisdom!
I found a great app for the S8 called Bubble Level by NixGame. Works wonderfully for this. I just set it on top of a small piece of board which in turn is on the saddle.

Thanks all!

If you're using a clinometer app and have an angle from a fitting, make sure to zero out the app on the floor where you're setting the saddle angle, because your fitter definitely did. Ask me how I know.

[OtayBW]

I just use a 6" level - nothing fancy, but it works well enough. But then I've always been told that I'm a 'half bubble off plumb' anyway, so I guess it fits....