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[ST] Corbin seat fitting



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Peter Chittum wrote: But then, I went in to the Corbin factory and had it
shaped and installed. While the shaping only deals with the spongy part,
not the rest, it did go right in. So unless the technician tweaked it
without my knowing it, I didn't have the problem.

Peter, glad to hear of your no trouble seat. After I posted this to the
list I received numerous replies back from folks on the list. The same
message was sent to corbin who was lightning quick replying when I was in
the process of purchasing the seat. I have not received any reply as of yet
to my fitting request. That says a ton in my book.

Final fitting situation:
After many hours of work the seat is finally fitted.
Gotta say that while the seat is nicely made and promises to be
comfortable, Corbin quality control sucks!!!
I had to remove metal from the subframe mounting brackets to get the seat
lock back far enough to accept the locking pin.
I then had to raise the lock with washers so that the lock could engage.
I then discovered that the relationship between the pin and the cut-outs
for the rack was off, they were too far apart, so the seat was bearing down
on the rack before it could locate into the lock so more files and spacers
required..
So basically the locking pin was too far back (3mm) and too short (4mm).
Still, it's sorted now and was a once off job. Hopefully this saddle should
last for the lifetime of the ST.
I see that the price for the saddle is now back up to $299.

                                  
                                  
                                  
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