Transporting bike and saddle height

[Globalti]

Drill a small hole in the bottom of the seat post, tie a piece of string to it and loop the other end around the BB inside the frame. Hey presto! You'll be able to pull the post up to a set height and no further.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

A modern invention yet unknown to the masses called electrical tape.


You heard it here first folks

 

[youngoldbloke]

A modern invention yet unknown to the masses called electrical tape.


You heard it here first folks

- I think the OP mentioned it first
"I used to use some electrical tape on my old bike but that doesn't allow me to push the saddle down only remove completely which I don't really want to have to do".

 

[Jody]

I put a little scratch line in mine with a compass. Small enough that it's not really seen.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

- I think the OP mentioned it first
"I used to use some electrical tape on my old bike but that doesn't allow me to push the saddle down only remove completely which I don't really want to have to do".

You may have missed the jovial tone of my post

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Tipp-ex

 

[jefmcg]

Don't a lot of seatposts have measurements on them?

Off topic for this thread, but my Mezzo folder had this. Problem is, the seat tube is open at the bottom and quite close to the ground, so one wet days grit would stick to the inside. Folding it after riding in the wet got the grit on the seat post, and unfolding it dragged seat post through said grit. In a few months, the seat post was polished smooth, markings gone for ever.

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[Ajax Bay]

Maybe you don't want to remove it (OP) but that is the best solution - with the jovial (for which read 'can't be bothered to read the thread' so don't care if I repeat others' advice) suggestion of tape. This also means that you will avoid/minimise damage to the normally exposed section of your seatpost and keep the copper slip where it's of use.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Also you might not be able to push the seatpost down far enough as the bottle cage bolts may get in the way, in which case taking it out might well be the easiest solution - as many others have said.

 

[Globalti]

I can't understand why the OP doesn't want to remove the seatpost. All he needs to do is put a couple of winds of back vinyl tape around the post to prevent it from dropping further down the tube. Replace the hex bolt seatpost collar with something like this lovely Salsa quick release item and the whole operation will take less than two seconds.

 

[Apollonius]

Carbon seat post in a carbon tube says torque wrench to me. I think you would have to be careful whatever you do. Get a better car was a good suggestion.

There is also the issue of the grippy goo that keeps the thing stable. It is going to get spread-out, wiped off, into places it shouldn't go etc etc. This is not simple.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Get yourself a piece of wood , a dowel or something similar , position it under the saddle rail and mark it level with the top of the seat tube clamp, cut the wood to that length and hey presto, slide the seat down for travelling and once out of the car , slide the seat up using the piece of wood to gauge the position of the saddle to its original height.
A measuring stick has worked since the dawn of time , you could go all modern with plastic or carbon fibre but wood is cheap and easy to cut.

 

[Montydog]

that's the beautiful thing of owning a van......makes taking bike anywhere easy

 

[ufkacbln]

I put a little scratch line in mine with a compass. Small enough that it's not really seen.

Can you make a scratch with a GPS?

I was also along the string line, but a good fishing line is less visible

Tie to the bolt of the seatpost and then to the centre of the bolt that secures the frame.

Lowering the seat will slacken this, however by extending so that the line is taut will replicate your position

 

[junkie_ball]

Hi all and thanks for all the replies. The reason i don't want to remove the seat post every time and use electrical tape to mark the height is because my new bike has ultregra di2 fitted and the battery is inside the seat post meaning if i removed it i would have to start disconnecting the wire every time i wanted to remove it completely hence the reason i was looking at lowing the seat post rather than removing it.

Are you restricted by the headroom inside or the door top sill? Maybe angle the bike to get it in and then put it upright? This works for me. BTW what fork clamp did you get? Otherwise, how about just using a ruler?

Unfortunately i'm restricted by headroom inside rather than the door. I was looking at this clamp http://www.bikeinside.de/en/accessories/fork-mount.html i would make the cross brace myself as they are the expensive part yet the easiest to make.