Bicycle Seat Keeps Sliding Down

The seat tube of the frame has a short slot cut lengthwise at the top of the tube.

Bicycle seat keeps sliding down. Bike seat won t tighten keeps sliding down when i ride. There s nothing more frustrating then to have your seat constantly slipping down or swiveling side to side or both. It dropped about 1cm over 30 miles. I thought my knees were getting high.

The bike is a new custom build lynskey so all fittings are correct one would presume. There s nothing more frustrating then to have your seat constantly slipping down or swiveling side to side or both. A post that fits a frame well slides smoothly into the seat tube of the frame without any lateral play side to side movement. Fortunately this is usually an easy problem to fix.

Today i had to stop and adjust it 3 times on a 12 mile ride. Having your seat adjusted to the proper height is one of the most important factors to enjoying your bicycle rides most efficiently and comfortably. My seat still drops. Cycling weekly mechanic al vines teaches you how to solve the problem of a slipping seatpost.

Fortunately this is usually an easy problem to fix. This means that the seat post outer diameter needs to be very close to the inner diameter of the frame s seat tube. Posted by 2 years ago. The seat post kept sliding down so i have wiped away all the grease on the post as much as i can out of the frame and do the clamp up as tight as it physically goes.

But clarify what precisely is sagging is the seat post sliding down into the sat tube farther is the seat sliding along on the rails that attach it to the post is the pivot that adjusts seat angle slipping or what. This thread is archived. Sometimes your seatpost keeps slipping not matter how tight you do the bolt. Having your seat adjusted to the proper height is one of the most important factors to enjoying your bicycle rides most efficiently and comfortably.

Daniel r hicks jan 19 18 at 13 44. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Bike seat won t tighten keeps sliding down when i ride. Gareth wyn exit.

It s certainly not unheard of.