Mark W Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 24" riders: Get involved.New stuff. Uno seat. By david on March 28, 2008Ruben had this idea of a 1 piece seat about 1 year and a half ago. since then we have been working with our seat maker to achieve the exact structure and material that we wanted. Another difficult and long project. Our plan was to show it to you when we receive the final samples for all the riders, in a few weeks, but looks like once again, having a project in process for a long time is not safe these days. So here it is.Our main goal with this seat where to have a strong but nice structure. I think we came with a really clean one. The material is another important thing. It´s not just plastic. But we´ll tell you about this a bit later. here are the photos of the last sample. We´ll show you the final one with the final colors hopefully at the end of april. It will be available on late summer. We are so excited about this project! Hope you like it!In related seat news, Eclat have just released some nice ones - go to http://www.eclatbmx.com and click -> until you get to the blue/brown seats with holes in 'em. They take a regular post, but they're sweet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis.jackson Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Oh my god they look mega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I havent looked or read etc, but i no with like the new heatsink and inspired, alot of people are running the posts wrong way round, what would the tyre clearence be on one of those ? They look abit longer than the onza/megamo seats ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Ruben seems to be really pushing the innovation side of things in BMX...The seat/post looks like an interesting solution, material looks like some kind of fibreglass reinforced rapid prototype resiny stuff...I havent looked or read etc, but i no with like the new heatsink and inspired, alot of people are running the posts wrong way round, what would the tyre clearence be on one of those ?It's currently all about pivotal setups, but that might eventually change from the looks of things... Neither those or the above setup could be run 'slammed' on the Heatsink Mk2 but would work no problem on an Inspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Didn't Rob Ridge have a ghetto wooden 'bash plate' ages ago in Cassette?Seats look like some good shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Steve said he was raising the top-tube of the 24UK for the second batch, so we should be good.Anyways, holey seat, Batman!http://zendistro.com/images/products/eclat...excibition.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Didn't Rob Ridge have a ghetto wooden 'bash plate' ages ago in Cassette?Yeah, he did indeed. Ghetto as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Intresting. Best bit about it has to be that it isn't on a retarded angle. How people can ride with a seat aiming for their ass is beond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel C Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 they look prety sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Steve said he was raising the top-tube of the 24UK for the second batch, so we should be good.Just change the seat tube angle, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Just change the seat tube angle, surely?No, everyone's complaining that the standover's too low on the Mk2 so Steve's going to raise the top tube, I imagine together with slackening the seat tube angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 No, everyone's complaining that the standover's too low on the Mk2 so Steve's going to raise the top tube, I imagine together with slackening the seat tube angle.Isn't that kind of ironic?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Just change the seat tube angle, surely?Yeah, that's sorta what I thought. Keep all the stuff the same, just have the seat-stays a little longer and the top-tube fracitonally shorter, then tilt the seat-tube forward 1-2°. We'll see. I think raising it would be a good idea anyway. The frames look a bit over-built, so having them more spaced out instead of really compact might make them a little more aesthetically pleasing.Isn't that kind of ironic?!I don't really understand how you mean it's ironic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 I don't really understand how you mean it's ironic...Probably not so ironic then. You give trials riders a low frame for clearance yet it ends up being in the way. I know it's not exactly a pure trials frame so stand over height isn't in as much need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yeah, I don't really get why people are complaining that the 24UK is too low. It does feel a bit different having a seat, and I suppose some people might argue that they actually find it useful. But I suspect it's mainly a cosmetic thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Part of it is probably largely gonna be down to looks, but as well as that, if people actually start doing real street on it (e.g. Barspins) then they're gonna need their seat to be in a better position. Plus non-slammed seats on low stand-over frames is a massive aesthetic faux pas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Part of it is probably largely gonna be down to looks, but as well as that, if people actually start doing real street on it (e.g. Barspins) then they're gonna need their seat to be in a better position. Plus non-slammed seats on low stand-over frames is a massive aesthetic faux pas Oh sorry, I didn't realise street = barspins But seriously, is a push-in seat going to be any use at all for barspins/no handers/whatever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 lot of the riders i ride with dont grip there seat, they use there ankles apparntly still say a velo mini seat will be better, cant wait to shock a few people down the park with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Ruben needs one of these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Oh sorry, I didn't realise street = barspins But seriously, is a push-in seat going to be any use at all for barspins/no handers/whatever?It was more of a suggestion of doing 'tricks' as opposed to just doing lines, barspins are the main 'seat' trick. 'though if you wanna do a Danny Mac and rinse stuff like footjam whips to oblivion, having a lower seat, more out of the way, would probably be a bonus for stepping over to the pedals again. This is a really, really old video, but Eddie Cleveland barely runs a seat at all, and seems pretty at home with the ol' barspins: Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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