title makes it pretty clear that i know nothing about bikes so im sure there is a name for the part i need (seat pole or seat post mabey) but i dont know

i have a bike, however, the seat is attached to the pole that slides in to the bike and that pole is WAY to tall for me. Im also not interested in spending more then around $15 for a new one.

Ideas?

5/28/2008 11:35:01 AM

all u need is a hacksaw

5/28/2008 11:37:56 AM

hum, i actually have one

5/28/2008 11:55:10 AM

then you should be able to take it from here.

5/28/2008 12:07:25 PM

Just make sure you leave enough there for about 3" to actually go into the seat tube.

5/28/2008 12:41:20 PM

^ yeah or you'll bend the "seat pole" (seat post is convention)

5/28/2008 12:58:42 PM

just loosen the bolt around the female pole and lower it.

you dont buy new "shorter" seat posts

5/28/2008 1:10:48 PM

^ First decent response in this thread. The seat post is made to go up and down. If you're lucky there is a quick release lever that you can just flip open, lower the post, and then close. You may need a wrench instead.

Loosen the silver bolt right where the silver seat post goes into the black frame on this bike:



[Edited on May 28, 2008 at 1:30 PM. Reason : l]

5/28/2008 1:26:24 PM

wow

just wow

5/28/2008 1:32:15 PM

Haha, I was wondering why she needed a SHORTER seatpost.

I figured she had already lowered it and still needed it to be shorter for some reason.

5/28/2008 2:54:48 PM

me too since she herself acknowledged that it was adjustable..."seat is attached to the pole that slides in to the bike"

5/28/2008 3:39:02 PM

^^ yeah once the seat is as low as it can go its still at least a good 4 inches to tall for me

5/29/2008 3:36:50 PM

Quote :

"just loosen the bolt around the female pole and lower it. you dont buy new "shorter" seat posts"

well yeah, we were assuming her not to be a complete idiot with our hacksaw posts. i see you went the other route

5/29/2008 3:58:22 PM

^^ahh.

Yeah, just cut that bad boy off with a hacksaw.

[Edited on May 29, 2008 at 3:58 PM. Reason : .]

5/29/2008 3:58:28 PM