I just switched out a saddle(put on my Fizik Arione) on my 2004 Team Soloist. I seem to be having a problem getting it level. The thumb screw in the front doesn’t seem to go down far enough to get the seat level when I tighten down the rear screw?? Is there a trick? This is the first time I have messed w/ this.
Thanks,
HC
Just installed a new saddle on my P3 seatpost yesterday. Don’t know if the soloist seatpost head looks like the P3, but if it does, don’t tighten that one/other screw tight until you adjusted the thumb screw. Hopefully that helps.
The adjustable cervelo seatpost has a design oversight. It is made to work well at a very steep angle (in the rear head positon) such as with a nearly vertical p3 seat tube. But on your soloist and on p2’s, in the rear head postion, it does not work so well with certain saddles, especially those with more “flat” rails–this would be a saddle that has seat rails that are fairly level when the saddle is adjusted to get the seat top (the sitting surface) level.
The only solution I can readily think of would be to remove the front thumb screw and cut down its threaded portion slightly with a hacksaw or grinding wheel. If you use a saw, do a little at a time and file the end carefully to get the chewed up threads completely filed off.
I just switched out a saddle(put on my Fizik Arione) on my 2004 Team Soloist. I seem to be having a problem getting it level. The thumb screw in the front doesn’t seem to go down far enough to get the seat level when I tighten down the rear screw?? Is there a trick? This is the first time I have messed w/ this.
Thanks,
HC
With some of the newer saddles, the rail angles are a bit different and that can lead to this problem. Simply cut a few mm of the treaded end of the adjuster bolt and you will be able to level the Arione. We will be making the same change in production.
Gerard, another solution (for your company, not for a consumer) could also be to drill the forward threaded hole in the seatpost head (head in “rear” postion) a few mm deeper.
That way you get the best of both worlds and will not compromise adustability for the head/adj. screw when used on a P3 or with a saddle with angled seat rails.