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Setup for changed seat post |
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Marking up the new seatpost |
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Sawing the new seatpost |
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Seatpost mostly finished |
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Bike mostly finished, |
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And after a few test runs |
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Front view |
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Seat mount detail |
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After a blocky, photo Christine Nurse |
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Hi
A few months after receiving some
parts from Emona , I have finished the bike they were intended for, at least for the time being. In the last week, I have replaced the first have-a-go seatpost with a new one, slightly longer and sloping to the back more to be more in compression than
the previous one. I started by chocking up the seat with a bit of frame material which was about the right amount from my
estimates to put it on the right slope. I measured up a new seatpost from that setup, then drilled, sawed and filed it out.
And its all done now making my count of running bikes of this type 3, or about 1 too many for me to have. 2 is fine, I can be modding one while the other is still on the road.
The carbon fibre prints are great, but the design isn't perfect, and there are a few angles, features and distances to adjust. If I redid the parts, it might be made with glass fibre, not carbon fibre, that could be cheaper and still strong enough. I see these parts as a bit of a crack to ways of supporting hardshell seats on rectangular frames, and I might have a go at making a mount using some metal parts and my home 3d printer.
Meanwhile a bit of pootling on the internet has found
whole bike frames being made using this carbon fibre printing method. The world is a new place.
Regards
Steve Nurse