Glad you mentioned the forward saddle position, and I'm surprised that more companies don't design their clamps with that in mind.
A little off topic, but I don't get to ask around about this much... With the Manic, have you heard anyone complain about not being able to achieve a level saddle, on bikes with an older-school slack seat tube angle? I have the 150 on my '13-'16 Trance, and with it's normal saddle angle range, I can't quite get the saddle flat (nose slightly too high). It's only a bit of additional adjustment needed, but the only way I've found to achieve this is to add some flexible plastic spacing between the seat rails and upper clamp to effectively space the clamp surfaces further apart which allows a bit more angle adjustment... Seems pretty hokey, but it works. Any idea if I'm the only one with this issue, or if there's a better (less hokey) solution?
Sorry to derail a thread about a seemingly well thought out Bontrager post.
Nov. 1, 2018, 10:40 a.m. - Mammal
Glad you mentioned the forward saddle position, and I'm surprised that more companies don't design their clamps with that in mind. A little off topic, but I don't get to ask around about this much... With the Manic, have you heard anyone complain about not being able to achieve a level saddle, on bikes with an older-school slack seat tube angle? I have the 150 on my '13-'16 Trance, and with it's normal saddle angle range, I can't quite get the saddle flat (nose slightly too high). It's only a bit of additional adjustment needed, but the only way I've found to achieve this is to add some flexible plastic spacing between the seat rails and upper clamp to effectively space the clamp surfaces further apart which allows a bit more angle adjustment... Seems pretty hokey, but it works. Any idea if I'm the only one with this issue, or if there's a better (less hokey) solution? Sorry to derail a thread about a seemingly well thought out Bontrager post.