Any luck with more or less permanently curing the creaking and popping of the adj carbon seat with the tape and rubber gasket? Did you try the carbon fiber paste Mathew suggested?
The benefits of that seat in terms of better visibility and head and neck comfort are terrific and too good to...
$349.95!??
I put a TriRig brake on the front of my Vendetta awhile back for the exact reason you mentioned...my knobby knees were taking a beating, especially the right. Works great. But the price has about doubled since i bought one! I'm with you, $350 for one brake is a bit much.
So.....never mind on the 'how to change seat angle to 45degrees' question. Found an earlier discussion and went from that. Took the U-shaped hoop or bracket out and connected the seat post directly to the bracket on the back of the seat as suggested by Robert Holler using some washers I had in...
Liking this Q more and more, so I'm interested in getting the seat back angle a good bit lower. Ideally I'd like to get it to 45degrees since that was what was on my Silvio 1.5 and to me was ideal because i did not need a headrest ever and it was way more aero than bolt upright. I seem to be...
Hello Dave, that's a good 'find'. If you try it let us know how it works.
From the pic it looks like that map holder depends on support from the handlebar stem for support in the middle of the holder. I wonder if there is a way to get that to work with the boom/slider of the Q. If so that would...
Hello Taoweiji,
See the response to SofRider29. The O rings (they are O rings, not grommets--my mistake) seem to be there to prevent overtightening the clamps. If the clamps are not overtightened, they are not absolutely necessary.
Kline