Thanks Christoph, yeah, sorry, can't see the photo's. Maybe a mesh seats the way to go. On 10/10/2007, Stefan Bartels <sbartels@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Sorry, can't see your fotos, can't log in... > Stefan > > Leslie Sutch schrieb: > > Is there a English picture site? > > -----Original Message----- > From: python-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:python-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <python-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On > Behalf Of Christoph Haller > Sent: October 10, 2007 10:05 AM > To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [python] Re: Fwd: Another Python incubating > > Hi Carl, > my python is since a few months ready but I`m still optimising operations. > That includes also the seat. I decided for the mesh type because of the > ventilation. The anatomic contour is given by two strips of wood which I > laminate of plywood. The ribs arrange the needed suspension. I think it > looks pretty good and is quite cheap. But sadly I´m too small (1,75 m). The > contour of the seat doesn`t fit to the contour of my backbone. You have to > be 1,90 m or so. Therefore I have to take potluck with the old seat so far. > > here you can see a few pictures: > http://www.studivz.net/editalbum.php?a=1&id=54R72Vg&e=1 > > Cheers Christoph > > > > Hi Pythonistas > After seeing the photo of Tobias's nice newborn I thought you might > like > one of mine. > After a long time of no progress (a year, opps) I've made a bit of > effort > & got as far as what you see in the photo. The front is pretty much as > Jurgens design, the centre is a piece of tubing from a discarded weight > training bench (always looking at the rubbish bins to see whats > available!) > & the rear is a modified 26" MTB rear triangle with a 20" wheel using the > BB > as the suspension pivot. The front pivot is two 12mm rod ends. > The only thing I'm not sure about yet is the seat, the only options seem > to be homemade mesh type or a homemade hard type (maybe aluminium one > piece > or three separate parts). I can't find a plastic moulded seat to buy at a > reasonable price ( i.e, very cheap to keep in the spirit of the Python!), > anybody know of one? Any suggestions? > Happy building & happier riding, Carl. > > >