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Seatylock launches SeatyGo detachable saddleEurobike SeatyGo - 1 (1)

Seatylock launches SeatyGo detachable saddle

New innovation aims to keep your saddle safe and dry when your bike is locked up
by Mat Brett
Fri, Sep 06, 2019 14:12
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Seatylock has announced a new detachable saddle called SeatyGo that will soon go live on Kickstarter. To be more accurate, it's not the whole saddle that's detachable, it's the shell that lifts off while the rails stay attached to your seatpost.

What's the point?

"It's the first and only complete solution for saddle theft, for keeping your saddle dry in wet weather conditions and for protecting your saddle from long term damage caused by sun and humidity," says Seatylock.

Eurobike SeatyGo - 2

Seatylock's Gabriel Bendersky says, "Just imagine all the cyclists in cities around the world looking for daily improvised solutions to secure their bike seat from theft and trying to avoid a wet ride back home. With SeatyGo we have managed to put an end to this everlasting problem in a simple and user-friendly manner."

SeatyGo will come in three different shapes: Dynamic, which is flat and sporty; Urban, which has more padding; and Ebike, which is wide and well-padded.

The SeatyGo Kickstarter campaign begins on 17 September 2019.

https://seatylock.com/ 

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Mat Brett

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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HLaB | 5 years ago
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What stops the saddle comming off mid ride that allows it to come easy post ride and is reliable enough it won't fail in time 

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armb replied to HLaB | 5 years ago
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HLaB wrote:

What stops the saddle comming off mid ride that allows it to come easy post ride and is reliable enough it won't fail in time 

Quick release wheels and seatpost clamps are common enough, shouldn't be too hard to have a similar clamp onto that rear cross rail.

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HLaB replied to armb | 5 years ago
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armb wrote:

HLaB wrote:

What stops the saddle comming off mid ride that allows it to come easy post ride and is reliable enough it won't fail in time 

Quick release wheels and seatpost clamps are common enough, shouldn't be too hard to have a similar clamp onto that rear cross rail.

Possibly but I wouldn't be confident in that my self, a qr seat post at least has the post inside the frame, worst a qr post is going to do  in the event of failure is slip down inside the seat tube 

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ktache | 5 years ago
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3 HexLox and one of those shoe covers that builders are meant to wear to stop their dirty boots dragging mud into clean areas stuffed under the saddle.  And a Kryptonite seat saver for added effect.

Now HexLox, pricey but ever so cool and elegant, hope they work.

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jaysa | 5 years ago
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Umm - plastic bag over saddle keeps it dry, and Hex bolts filled with epoxy everywhere give reasonable security.

And you get a wider choice of saddle and very little spent.

Solution looking for a problem ...

 

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leqin | 5 years ago
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So if somone nicks my seatpost and rails I can still ride my bike with the saddle I'm carrying around in my pocket.... and I can always use the saddle as a chain lifting device meaning I don't have to spend money on something funded through lyons den to prevent my fingers getting mucky. Brilliantyes

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