castlerobber
Zen MBB Master
I bought a used 2022 Q45 a couple of years ago. The seat angle the original owner had set, with the seat pan in the more forward position, worked great for me.
Unfortunately, the original 2-position seat pan fatigued and broke through the bolt holes. The redesigned replacement seat allows only the farther-back position, which makes the seat more upright (and the seat pan less likely to flex).
Since replacing the seat pan, I now consistently have a problem with pressure on the tailbone (coccyx). Even with the seatpost attached directly to the seat back, without the U-bracket, I can't get back to the original angle.
Flipping the seatpost over, which allowed more layback on the early Q45 models, doesn't work on the newer Q45s. The seatpost angle was changed around 2021-22, for the riders who wanted an even more upright seat; so flipping it over lays the seat back way too far. Robert Holler had once mentioned the possibility of Cruzbike making an optional seatpost closer to the original, but I haven't found anything else about that in forum searches.
Has anyone else run into this and come up with a satisfactory solution? Most of what I found in searching the forums has been for how to install a Thor seat, or how to get the stock seat laid down enough to imitate an S30 or V20.
Unfortunately, the original 2-position seat pan fatigued and broke through the bolt holes. The redesigned replacement seat allows only the farther-back position, which makes the seat more upright (and the seat pan less likely to flex).
Since replacing the seat pan, I now consistently have a problem with pressure on the tailbone (coccyx). Even with the seatpost attached directly to the seat back, without the U-bracket, I can't get back to the original angle.
Flipping the seatpost over, which allowed more layback on the early Q45 models, doesn't work on the newer Q45s. The seatpost angle was changed around 2021-22, for the riders who wanted an even more upright seat; so flipping it over lays the seat back way too far. Robert Holler had once mentioned the possibility of Cruzbike making an optional seatpost closer to the original, but I haven't found anything else about that in forum searches.
Has anyone else run into this and come up with a satisfactory solution? Most of what I found in searching the forums has been for how to install a Thor seat, or how to get the stock seat laid down enough to imitate an S30 or V20.
