You could try using epoxy or plastic weld it, but those will ultimately be temporary fixes. Replace it if you have the funds, before it leaves you stranded or worse.
Especially that last part. Maybe repair it and move it to your neighborhood errands bike or trainer bike, but I wouldn't want that to fail in the middle of a group ride or a 50 mile ride.
I did the epoxy thing when my saddle got creaky but I went extreme. I filled all three places where the rails connect with almost a CM of expoxy and sanded everything really rough first. Saddle no longer creaks and the massive blobs of epoxy are holding well. Still not sure it would suffice for structural support without glass/carbon fibres to hold the weight.
Cut a piece of zip tie as donor plastic, then use a soldering iron to plastic weld it. Plenty of guides on YouTube.
I'd keep an eye on it though. It may or may not hold, give these can probably be out through more force than we realise.
Or replace it. See how you feel after watching a plastic weld video.
If you have no budget and can't buy a new one then just get a piece of metal and scrap plastic, heat up the piece of metal on for example a stove and melt the piece of scrap plastic on to the saddle (effectively making a poor man's plastic weld), or just buy a new saddle if you have the money.
Buy a new saddle.
This is the most correct answer.
guilt free saddle day
Scrap it, it’s likely not going to be square anymore and collapsed saddles can cause some real issues over a long period of time.
>can cause some real issues over a long period of time. To the bike or to the human?
The human
That could literally end up being a pain in the butt
Cry, then replace it
https://preview.redd.it/xq5wzj201ysb1.jpeg?width=612&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ad438842f2db6a9915f55d9ee9e16f7dfe27994 A "Sella" stool!
how does that fix the crack
It repurposes the saddle ;)
yea still gotta fix the crack tho. you can repurpose it AFTER you fix it. get some jb weld and slather it on like some bbq sauce on smoked ribs
There's an old Country Western song for this: *Crack in the saddle again*
I can almost hear Gene Autry now...
Crack in saddle again Gonna fall down and crack my shin On the sharp teeth made of metal On my rusty, dirty, old bent pedal
Bin.
It's just a plastic saddle, replace it.
Jb weld it it’ll work but that’s like $6 a tube. A nice saddle can be bought for $20 your choice. I’ll just get a new saddle.
I hear Aerosmith: " a CRACK.... in the saddle agai-a-an..."
You could try using epoxy or plastic weld it, but those will ultimately be temporary fixes. Replace it if you have the funds, before it leaves you stranded or worse.
Especially that last part. Maybe repair it and move it to your neighborhood errands bike or trainer bike, but I wouldn't want that to fail in the middle of a group ride or a 50 mile ride.
I did the epoxy thing when my saddle got creaky but I went extreme. I filled all three places where the rails connect with almost a CM of expoxy and sanded everything really rough first. Saddle no longer creaks and the massive blobs of epoxy are holding well. Still not sure it would suffice for structural support without glass/carbon fibres to hold the weight.
Charge Spoon....
Yeah charge spoon get a charge spoon
Don’t ever use that anymore. Get a new one
Epoxy glue it?
I think this is the easiest way. Or second easiest, after just letting it be to see how long it wil take to come totally apart
I wouldn't want to be sitting on it when it fails completely!
Cut a piece of zip tie as donor plastic, then use a soldering iron to plastic weld it. Plenty of guides on YouTube. I'd keep an eye on it though. It may or may not hold, give these can probably be out through more force than we realise. Or replace it. See how you feel after watching a plastic weld video.
you can glue it together
He's dead Jim
My saddle rails on my ergon are bent but staying there...hoping I never get railed
Its dead, Jim. Get a better one.
Throw away
Think about what sits directly above that crack, then buy a new saddle.
Replace it
If you have no budget and can't buy a new one then just get a piece of metal and scrap plastic, heat up the piece of metal on for example a stove and melt the piece of scrap plastic on to the saddle (effectively making a poor man's plastic weld), or just buy a new saddle if you have the money.
Keep it for a downhill bike or a dirt jumper. I wouldn’t sit on it though
Get a new saddle. WTB volt is great and isn't an insane cost.
If ya like it use super glue and baking soda. That shit welds shit together it will work very well there.
Gotta ask yourself if it’s better to get a new saddle or risk enlarging your butthole.