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Austrian roadside steckerlfisch (fish on a stick)
Hey Cruzfolk,
I have an S40 that I bought "used", which is to say the first owner assembled it and rolled it around a parking lot enough to know it wasn't for him. It was claimed to be a "custom build", which I now realize means the first owner assembled it himself from parts he collected. I recently swapped my original medium chainstay for a short (thanks again Jesse!) and after installing that I'm continuing on to (finally) remedy various bits on the bike that were not assembled to my liking by the first owner. This leads me to a question about the stock installation hardware for the S40's CF seat ...
My S40's CF seat is installed using 4 M5 x 20mm bolts and 4 Nyloc nuts (see attached photo). So, 4 bolts & 4 nuts, that's it. That can't be what Cruzbike intended ... Looking at the S40 assembly manual I can see a small steel washer between the bolt head and the CF seatpan. Better, but then why are the bolts so long? There's about twice as much bolt length as needed to include a 1 mm steel washer. I was looking at Thor's website and their suggested installation makes a lot more sense to me -- again see the attached photo. Is this overkill?
I would have thought that it'd be important to keep metal edges, like the edge of a small steel washer or the un-rounded corners of the frame's mounting "ears"), off the carbon fiber seat-pan. Thor's mounting suggestion also seems to suggest this is something to be avoided. My 20 mm bolts are long enough to include nylon and neoprene/rubber washers in the install.
Thoughts?
-Jack
Raleigh, NC
I have an S40 that I bought "used", which is to say the first owner assembled it and rolled it around a parking lot enough to know it wasn't for him. It was claimed to be a "custom build", which I now realize means the first owner assembled it himself from parts he collected. I recently swapped my original medium chainstay for a short (thanks again Jesse!) and after installing that I'm continuing on to (finally) remedy various bits on the bike that were not assembled to my liking by the first owner. This leads me to a question about the stock installation hardware for the S40's CF seat ...
My S40's CF seat is installed using 4 M5 x 20mm bolts and 4 Nyloc nuts (see attached photo). So, 4 bolts & 4 nuts, that's it. That can't be what Cruzbike intended ... Looking at the S40 assembly manual I can see a small steel washer between the bolt head and the CF seatpan. Better, but then why are the bolts so long? There's about twice as much bolt length as needed to include a 1 mm steel washer. I was looking at Thor's website and their suggested installation makes a lot more sense to me -- again see the attached photo. Is this overkill?
I would have thought that it'd be important to keep metal edges, like the edge of a small steel washer or the un-rounded corners of the frame's mounting "ears"), off the carbon fiber seat-pan. Thor's mounting suggestion also seems to suggest this is something to be avoided. My 20 mm bolts are long enough to include nylon and neoprene/rubber washers in the install.
Thoughts?
-Jack
Raleigh, NC
