See title! This is a Cycle ops 300 pro. As you can see, the seat connector is clean broken. I just took it to a bike shop today, and they had two ideas:
1. Replacement. Unfortunately the company is out of business, bought by Saris. Their site doesn't have anything…maybe I call customer support?
2. Drill a hole straight down through the thing, put a screw through it all and a bolt on the other. Not sure how I drill through metal though..
3. Bonus! Duct tape and a towel lol
I'm no pro biker, just looking for a low impact cardio option here. Would love your thoughts!
by Soul_Train7
5 Comments
You can drill through metal using a drill bit designed for metal rather than wood.
Have you tried heating it?
Call Saris
Also, what’s the OD on that tube? Could possibly put one of these on there.
https://preview.redd.it/8o8rmt93jowe1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3325673430a57b0f7dd5529744a1896806730be7
Do yourself a favor and clean that pipe out aka get rid of that seatpost inside that tubing. get another seatpost and do a welding job, soldering or some sort.
perhaps JB Weld that back on. The mount is so weird that I’m not sure there’s another off the shelf way to mount a seatpost to that OTHER than the cheap clamp someone else posted which grabs onto the top of an older ( or cheaper ) style seatpost. One of those could be shimmed to fit if its a lot bigger than the pipe.
What are the dimensions of the pipe?
Hmm, what you need is not a seat, but a seatpost. No standard seatpost is bent like that, so it will be a part specific to that trainer.
You could try calling the company who made the trainer, or you could try some of the solutions other people have suggested. There’s some good ones