Sloggy Posted February 4, 2010 Share Hey all please help with some advice. My saddle was killing me so i bought a Fizik gobi. Seat is awesome no pain problem is its squeeeks. How can i stop it.Comes with manganese rails? all help would be appretiated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapunzel Posted February 4, 2010 Share are you sure it's the saddle and not the seat post/clamp? Try cleaning the seatpost (both the clamp and the post) and put a small amount of grease on it before putting all back together. Failing that, ride with an mp3 player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighter-Lights Posted February 4, 2010 Share hehehe... my girl's Fizik also drove her crazy, had to oil it every few rides... Until I fixed it for good... The rails are loose in the mounting holes and it starts sqeeking with the movement. For R100, I'll cast a rock hard polyurethane into the rail mounting holes - this fills up the excess space and the rails will never squeek again... This means that I compress the rails and fill one side at a time with liquid polyurethane, then cure it overnight in a pressure chamber at 5 Bar. You'll have to pay shipping to me and back to you. Don't try filling it with epoxy's - they're not tough enough. The ones I've tried on carbon fiber saddles before all eventually came loose. Brighter-Lights2010-02-04 11:16:27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloggy Posted February 4, 2010 Share have not considered either suggestion defs give mtbmom suggestion a try first failing that i will need your delivery address Brighter -lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighter-Lights Posted February 4, 2010 Share My Address is : Johannes Gerber PO Box 1332 Uitenhage 6230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloggy Posted February 4, 2010 Share thanks Ill keep you posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capeofstorms Posted February 5, 2010 Share hi, i had a similar problem with my Arione. It was the seatpost. Do you by any chance have a Thomson seatpost? Take it out, clean it, then lightly grease it before putting it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiBones Posted February 5, 2010 Share Post or port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighter-Lights Posted February 5, 2010 Share depends what 'type' of squeek, creak' it is. It can very well be the seatpost (creaking) - in my case it was the loose rails in the saddle's rail mounting sockets - q20 helped, but it got messy. Fixed now - rock solid - no more loose rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloggy Posted February 5, 2010 Share how did you fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloggy Posted February 5, 2010 Share silly Q if I remove the seat would i be able to feel these loose rails seat is 2 weeks old i can always return for a diff seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighter-Lights Posted February 5, 2010 Share Read my post above about how I fixed it. You'll be able to feel moving rails without taking the seat off. Most saddles, even brand new, has movement where the rails fit into the rail sockets... but not all of them squeek... my Selle SLR 135 also moves a bit but never squeeked... has to be the material... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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