DIY Lay Back Post

[Seahunt]

Thought I would give it a try...so sand packed the tube. Put in the vice and got it rosy red with the torch. Bent like butter with a pipe slid over it. No bend marks....Rides so much more comfortable...and saved me 20 bucks.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

nicely done.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Very nice!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Sure looks cleaner than my homemade layback

 

[amecks]

Nice, Gotta try that. I like Matti's ingenuity also.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Ok, then I'll explain. The quill was a little slim for the seatpost tube, but for some reason, it fits in the steerer tube of the fork perfectly. Solution? Chop off the steerer and use it as a shim. Longer seatpost is the bonus. I left the threaded portion to show off how ingenious I is. For some laughs, here's the finished product, complete with 501 seat cover, with and without genuine leather retaining strap.

Someday I'll finish that ...... Donkey...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Oh yeah, there was a lot of slop in the tube, so I stuffed the guts with cut up strips of rubber and a chunk of hose from the back of the washing machine.