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Offset Seat Post - More Stress?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shaugh" data-source="post: 436149" data-attributes="member: 19781"><p>An offset post will increase the leverage applied to the deck simply because your weight will no longer be directly over the post. Normal sitting and bouncing will always be in a leveraged position. This will cause stress in the joint all the time. The maximum leverage applied by leaning will not increase but the average will significantly. At your weight I'd consider beefing up the floor in that area. maybe a 14" x 1/8" steel plate bolted to the decking between the seat and deck or similar.</p><p></p><p>Why not just add a strong rectangular plate that allows you to mount the seat overhanging the edge a bit ? Probably be a lot cheaper than one of those posts...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaugh, post: 436149, member: 19781"] An offset post will increase the leverage applied to the deck simply because your weight will no longer be directly over the post. Normal sitting and bouncing will always be in a leveraged position. This will cause stress in the joint all the time. The maximum leverage applied by leaning will not increase but the average will significantly. At your weight I'd consider beefing up the floor in that area. maybe a 14" x 1/8" steel plate bolted to the decking between the seat and deck or similar. Why not just add a strong rectangular plate that allows you to mount the seat overhanging the edge a bit ? Probably be a lot cheaper than one of those posts... [/QUOTE]
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