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Hite Rite Seat Locator
The saddle height you feel comfortable with varies depending on the terrain you're riding over. Generally, on level ground and pavement, you set it higher to be more comfortable with a full leg stroke. As people go down steep, crumbly hills, there is a tendency to "stand" on your pedals with your bottom off the saddle. This permits the bike to move freely underneath you. With the saddle high, while you are standing on your pedals there is a tendency for the seat to bang around your inner thighs. Serious riders open the quick release seat bolt, grab the saddle between their knees, lower it and close the bolt after. Although you can grab the seat and similarly raise the seat, many riders have found the Hite Rite a much easier solution. The Hite Rite is a large, coiled steel spring, with one end fastened through the seat bolt and the other bolted to a steel clamp mounted on your seatpost. The spring is "loaded" when you open the seat bolt and use your body weight to push it down, then close the release afterward. When you reach less rocky ground, open the release on your seat bolt and the saddle will restore to the higher position, close the release. As added benefits, the Hite Rite makes simple, outright theft of your saddle and post more difficult, and because of how the clamp fastens, keeps the saddle aligned with the line of the frame. The Hite Rite comes with the spring "legs" in two lengths to achieve different travel heights. The Standard model will permit the saddle to move up and down 3 inches. The Extra Long model will permit 4 1/2 inches of seatpost travel. It is also available in either Black or Silver. The Hite Rite in the Standard or Extra Long model will fit a seat post diameter of 25.4mm up to 27.2mm with the included parts. For seatposts with a diameter of 28.2mm up to 31.8mm there is an oversized ring clamp, which is available separately. The Standard model in Silver or Black weighs 102 grams. The Extra Long model in Silver or Black weighs 136 grams. Hite Rites are not made any longer. The various models sold for about $15 with the oversize clamps selling at $6 each. |
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In-depth Information About Metals Aluminum Aluminum is extracted electrolytically from bauxite ore. It is made by the electrolysis of aluminum oxide which is found in larger concentrations within bauxite ore. Bauxite is a mixture of the hydroxides of aluminum, together with other impurities such as oxides of iron, titanium, and silicon. Bauxite is produced by the weathering and change of aluminum silicate rocks usually found in tropical and semitropical regions where climate has produced an accelerated weathering process. Bauxite is not a rare ore and is widely available in the US, the Caribbean, and Europe. Approximately 4 pounds of read the full article... Beryllium Beryllium is a specialty metal that is steel-grey metal in color, with an extremely low density, making it very light weight. At 1.85 grams to the cubic centimeter, its density compares to that of magnesium. It is also a high strength metal, making it possible to design light weight, thin membered parts with ahigh stiffness. A column made of beryllium to support a load placed directly downward on top of it, will have a greater load carrying capacity, and be lower in weight than any other metal of equal size. Until the 1950's beryllium was used read the full article... Titanium The element titanium was discovered in 1763 by an English cleric, William Gregor who was an amateur chemist with an inquiring mind. It was in the black sands of Cornwall that he discovered the new element that had up to that time, attracted little scientific interest. A few years later, an Austrian, Klaproth, extracted the same element from an ore widely known as "rutile", which is a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide (one titanium atom, two oxygen atoms), that is a reddish-brown substance with a slight metallic luster. While rutile is the highest grade read the full article... Metallurgic Hardness Testing There are three types of tests used with accuracy by the metals industry,they are the Brinell hardness test, the Rockwell hardness test, and the Vickers hardness test. Hardness is the property of a metal which gives it the ability to resist being permanently deformed (bent, broken, or have its shape changed), when a load is applied. The greater the hardness of the metal, the greater resistance it has to deformation. Since the definitions of metallurgic ultimate strength and hardness are rather similar, it can generally be assumed read the full article... |
