Snapped Seat Spring

Eugbug · 10-24-2015, 11:59 AM

So I discovered the saddle on my mountain bike felt funny and discovered when I got home that the spring suspension had snapped and I was missing a piece of bar. I wonder is this normal after 5000 miles of bumpy roads and trail riding, i.e. due to metal fatigue, or could there have been a flaw in the steel? The bars were about 8mm thick. Anyway after grinding the ends of the break down and re-welding with stainless steel rods, the joint has stayed intact after a further 2000 bumpy miles. I could have bought a new saddle but it was a challenge to repair the old one!

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Painkiller · 10-24-2015, 01:37 PM

That is a first for me on a saddle of that type. you must really love the saddle!

Eugbug · 10-24-2015, 03:14 PM

(10-24-2015, 01:37 PM)painkiller Wrote: That is a first for me on a saddle of that type. you must really love the saddle!

Not really, just another repair challenge. Still, it didn't cost me anything!