I love my cervelo dual and I love my new fiziks arione tri saddle, but I can’t get the saddle to be parallel. It’s pointing up, and we all know how much that hurts in the aerobars. Does anyone have a solution, like is there a compatible head that would put the seat at a lower angle, or can I do something to the front screw to make it go past its limit? The arione works on the P3, I just can’t afford one. Thanks.
I assume it’s the same set up as on my P2K. It was hard to level my saddle correctly but just keep fiddling with it and it’ll come eventually.
actually, it’s not quite the same as the p2k. I have seen susan’s dual, and the adjustment screw is bottomed out, yet the saddle is still angled slightly upward. Because the P2k and P3 are slightly steeper, when we took the head from her post and put it on my p3, it was angled down slightly.
JC
This can sometimes happen with the Arione (which did not exist when the seatpost head was designed) and on some road models with the SLR as well. The solution is to cut a few mm of the adjustment bolt threads off so it doesn’t bottom out. Then you can level your sadle no problem. Another issue can sometimes be that some of the newer saddles have less space between the rails and the deck. If your seatpost head adjuster bolt touches the deck, we have a “reduced clearance seatpost adjuster bolt” that will solve the problem.
Hi Gerard,
Thank you so much. I was starting to think I was either crazy or so unmechanically inclined I didn’t deserve the Cervelo at all. That makes perfect sense, I guess going really slow with a hacksaw is the best way so as not to mess up the remaining threads? The Dual is going to be so happy when I tell her we can go for a long ride this weekend.
The best way is to find a nut that fits on the threads. Thread the nut on, cut the bolt and then thread the nut off. The theading of the nut will “repair” the threads you may have slightly damaged. And file a little if there are sharp edges.
Or just take the bolt to Home Depot and find it in a short length… You will be miserable if the threads get all screwed up.
I just went through this last week on my solo w/ the Arione. I cut it down and ended up taking it to a metal shop to have them fix the thread pattern(it wouldn’t screw back in there…). Seems to level out OK now.
HC
This can sometimes happen with the Arione (which did not exist when the seatpost head was designed) and on some road models with the SLR as well. The solution is to cut a few mm of the adjustment bolt threads off so it doesn’t bottom out. Then you can level your sadle no problem. Another issue can sometimes be that some of the newer saddles have less space between the rails and the deck. If your seatpost head adjuster bolt touches the deck, we have a “reduced clearance seatpost adjuster bolt” that will solve the problem.
I don’t know whether the seatpost in this specific case is being used in the normal or forward geometry, however; on my Soloist the casting had a bit too much material to level the saddle in the forward geometry. Put a new one on (replaced under warranty) and problem solved. Might be something to look at.