Did any body ever have anything like this. My brother had a Giant Super Sierra back in the eighties, came with one of these on (had to do a quick sketch...couldnt find a picture of one anywhere!).
Basically you flip out the QR a bit, put your weight on the saddle and the spring compresses....flick the QR again and seatpost rises up again (quite quickly I seem to remember!).
I dont think Ive ever seen one since....anybody else recall seeing such a device?
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Hite-Rite
That is mint. Get it made and charge £200 quid for them, most people on here would buy one.
Hite Rite - as above. Great idea, never really worked very well IME.
Can't remember the name of it but I think they were re-released last year.
ETA: so slow!
Use crayons in future for sketches please. Thanks for your co-operation.
I managed to use it quite efficiently...depends on how smooth your seatpost/seat tube interface was....
[url= http://www.bikepro.com/arch_products/seatposts/ahiter.html ]Nasty[/url]... I had one back in the day. Sooo much worse than a modern telescopic uppy downy post.
Did it keep the seat straight?
Found it! (edit:flamejob beat me to it!) Yes, seat post stayed pretty much straight forward...
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They missed a trick selling them at $15.
Just googled them to see if I could find out any more info and found a post from Repack Rider, even Joe Breeze stopped using these once the Gravity Dropper came out, that's a bit of a no vote.
I had one, 1987ish I guess. Didn't use it for very long - as said above it needed a very smooth seatpost/seat tube interface to work well. It did keep the seat in line though.
I'm working on my own version, no set price yet.
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colonelwax - I'll buy one, will £200 do?
Theres an idea.... 😀
[scans around office for broken chairs to recycle]
Sorry GlitterGary they're just prototypes at the minute.
Going into production with some finance from CRC.
I'll take 02 vouchers though as prepayment.
too late chaps...
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Bugger 🙁
I'm working on my own version, no set price yet.
Unless you can stop that rotating, it's just a stupid idea.
Is that Colonel Gaddafi on that recumbent?
Unless you can stop that rotating, it's just a stupid idea.
Big nails.
Your talents are wasted, colonel.
I have a Hite Rite on my '92 Breezer Lightning Pro which ive owned since new...
Never really caught on back then, bit awkward to use but they did work
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