No for/aft adjustment for bike saddle.

[night cycler]

When I bought my new bike it came with the saddle fastened on the seat post-all ok there. The saddle is ok, but there is no method of adjusting it (tilting back). I have a propensity to slip forward on the saddle when cycling, and find that I have to keep moving myself back towards the rear of the saddle to feel comfortable. I would have benefited from being able to adjust the front of the saddle slightly upwards.

On my old MTB, the saddle can be adjusted in this way-it kind of rotates up or down with the mechanism within the mounting bracket. I don’t think there is anything I can do unless I change the saddle.

 

[Milkfloat]

Can you show us a photo - you should be able to adjust it.

 

[ANT 666]

Can't see how a new saddle would help. How is this one fixed?

 

[mjr]

Slipping forwards often indicates that the saddle/bars/pedals distances aren't quite right. I think the usual first fix is to move the saddle slightly forwards and slightly higher (to maintain the pedal-saddle distance) but this is getting into the black arts of bike fits. Tilting the saddle seems like a bad way to fix things unless you've got specific advice that it would help, or if the saddle has worn so that the rails and top are no longer parallel (most often leather or sprung saddles).

 

[MichaelW2]

All seatposts have tilt adjustment. On some, there are 2 allen bolts to slacken and tighten. Single bolt designs have a cradle in which the saddle clamp can pivot, but you may need to force the 2 apart. Need photo showing top of seatpost and clamp.

 

[jay clock]

+1 for a photo. I have never seen one with no adjustment

 

[cyberknight]

Is it one of those ?
If so undoing the bolts either side should allow you to slide the saddle back or forwards .

 

[Smokin Joe]

Is it one of those ?
If so undoing the bolts either side should allow you to slide the saddle back or forwards .

That brings back horrific memories of those awful things

 

[mjr]

That brings back horrific memories of those awful things

That's going a bit far. Microadjust it ain't, but the six-part versions of the old-fashioned seatpost clamp work well most of the time on bikes designed for them. I find them easier to adjust (thanks to the notches) and with a wider range (you can reverse the clamp, as well as tilt it further than you ever should).

 

[Smokin Joe]

That's going a bit far. Microadjust it ain't, but the six-part versions of the old-fashioned seatpost clamp work well most of the time on bikes designed for them. I find them easier to adjust (thanks to the notches) and with a wider range (you can reverse the clamp, as well as tilt it further than you ever should).

It's not going far enough.

They look like some sort of chastity device and fell apart when you were trying to open them enough to get the saddle rails in. They belong in the "Oh my God, look at those things!" box, along with cotter pins and super slippery plastic bar tape.

 

[night cycler]

(Seat post is carbon). The only direction of adjustment that I can see is forwards or backwards. No option to tilt like there would be with the type of clamp that Cyberknight displayed.

 

[potsy]

(Seat post is carbon). The only direction of adjustment that I can see is forwards or backwards. No option to tilt like there would be with the type of clamp that Cyber night displayed.

Loosen the rearmost bolt and use the front one to adjust the tilt, then retighten the rear one.

 

[midlife]

Can't see much on my tablet but does it slide forward down the slope, tipping it down?

Shaun

 

[mjr]

They look like some sort of chastity device

I shudder to think where it would be worn!

and fell apart when you were trying to open them enough to get the saddle rails in.

I thought you had to dismantle them to get the rails in. I can't think how you'd open them enough to get the rails in and I suspect it's physically impossible in order to make it impossible that they could ever fall out unless your nuts fell off first.

 

[mjr]

(Seat post is carbon). The only direction of adjustment that I can see is forwards or backwards. No option to tilt like there would be with the type of clamp that Cyber night displayed.

The clamp looks like it should slide back and forth along the arc where the clamp attaches to the post, thereby tilting the saddle. As you can probably guess, I find that style of clamp rather fiddly to tighten while holding it level and don't really like them.