Rad-loc hinge failure

[Paul Dalen]

There was a thread on the failure of the rad-loc seat hinge here
several months ago. This happened to me this week. I fully expect
that RANS will fix the problem, that much I'm not worried about. RANS
is a fine company and has always stood behind their products in the
past.

It did make me think more about something I've considering for a
while.I have been thinking about putting a hard shell carbon seat,
specifically the ones that Hostel SHoppe uses for their bents, on my
'02 V2. Anyone ever tried this?

[DrJoel]

I put one on a Trek R200. I got the seat from Hostel Shoppe. Take a look.
http://www.waxman.org/~recumbent/project.html

"Paul Dalen" > wrote in message
m...
> There was a thread on the failure of the rad-loc seat hinge here
> several months ago. This happened to me this week. I fully expect
> that RANS will fix the problem, that much I'm not worried about. RANS
> is a fine company and has always stood behind their products in the
> past.
>
> It did make me think more about something I've considering for a
> while.I have been thinking about putting a hard shell carbon seat,
> specifically the ones that Hostel SHoppe uses for their bents, on my
> '02 V2. Anyone ever tried this?

[Paul Dalen]

My V2 might be an '01. It was on the show room for a long time before I bought it.

bentbiker > wrote in message >...
> Paul, what model and year of bike did the hinge fail on, I thought this
> was a problem on the initial year they offered it in 01 I believe, I
> hope they have it straightened out by now.
>
> Paul Dalen wrote:
> > There was a thread on the failure of the rad-loc seat hinge here
> > several months ago. This happened to me this week. I fully expect
> > that RANS will fix the problem, that much I'm not worried about. RANS
> > is a fine company and has always stood behind their products in the
> > past.
> >
> > It did make me think more about something I've considering for a
> > while.I have been thinking about putting a hard shell carbon seat,
> > specifically the ones that Hostel SHoppe uses for their bents, on my
> > '02 V2. Anyone ever tried this?