i-beam saddle for Dahon

[jay clock]

My daughter has borrowed my 2005 Dahon Speed p8 for the lockdown and finding the saddle uncomfortable. Apart from HTFU I am looking for a replacement

The fitting is a quirky system called I-beam and I can find a seatpost on CRC that says I-Beam seatposts can only be used with I-Beam saddles

I have tried googling with no luck. Anyone got any ideas? Looks like this https://www.dropbox.com/s/q0i6z1xs5jhi8xx/sdg saddle.jpg?dl=0 you can see (not very well) that the underside of the saddle has a square profile

As she is in London I can't actually look at it, so does anyone know more about this presumably outdated fitting and specifically where I can find a women's saddle?

 

[u_i]

A quick solution would be to get a padded saddle cover. When I travel I carry along a cover that can be even pumped up, to optimize hardness, for use with loan bikes. The latter come with saddles that I cannot replace but, obviously, of an arbitrary comfort.

 

[StuAff]

i-Beams are a PITA, as you have discovered. I ended up buying another seatpost for my old Jetstream XP that came with one!

 

[Deleted member 23692]

i-Beam was a proprietary system developed by SDG, and I'm not sure if any other manufactures took it up (probably not)

Anything here of interest?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...at=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=sdg+ibeam

 

[jay clock]

Thanks all. I don't want to throw money at it as it won't be doing massive mileage. the padded seat cover is a good idea. In the short term she has some padded undershorts

 

[Burghley]

I did have an ibeam with my Dahon Speed Pro, but unfortunately it went with the bike when I sold it.

From memory, the underside of the saddle had a square profile.

I did actually buy a Brooks converter for the ibeam, and this would probably have worked with any conventional saddle.

Try this company:

https://foldingbike.biz/epages/7665...acetedSearchProducts&SearchString=dahon+ibeam

Suggest you give them a call.

Pete

 

[Burghley]

A google search for "Kore ibeam saddle" gave me some useful leads.

Hope you get what you want.

Pete