Selle Italia Flite seat rails popped out, a little help?

[OldNBroken]

I have 3 Flite ti saddles with rails that have popped out of the plastic inserts. Has anyone had luck getting them back in? I've done hours of searching without finding a good fix.

I'd hate to throw them away.

 

[Benandemu]

I too am waiting for a solution on this.

I have a mint Transalp that is waiting for a rail change, but the last time I tried, the Ti rails snapped!

Clearly, I didn't try again.

 

[Benandemu]

I too am waiting for a solution on this.

I have a mint Transalp that is waiting for a rail change, but the last time I tried, the Ti rails snapped!

Clearly, I didn't try again.

 

[Sithlord]

I actually re-fitted Ti rails back into a flite some years ago... remember it was a PITA .. but its do-able..

iirc I seem to recall cutting a few mm off the ends to allow a little more movement and 'give' and used a epoxy resin to glue into place..

 

[bm0p700f]

I had the same happen on a SDG Belair saddle. I rode for a couple of years before the rails broke as the rail would not go in. Not too sure how they manage to make these saddles if the rails don't refit.

 

[scant]

I've had this happen before & it is fixable, although it doesnt look too pretty. dont try & bend the rails. clamp an old seatpost in a vice, then attach the seatrails to the seatpost. put the front of the rails in first. then, with a friends help then flex the hull of the saddle over the seperate rear rails. this involves brute force & a serious amount of plastic hull flexing.

 

[Benandemu]

I've had this happen before & it is fixable, although it doesnt look too pretty. dont try & bend the rails. clamp an old seatpost in a vice, then attach the seatrails to the seatpost. put the front of the rails in first. then, with a friends help then flex the hull of the saddle over the seperate rear rails. this involves brute force & a serious amount of plastic hull flexing.

I can't remember if it was you I bought the leather-less Flite from ages ago. I bought it with the intention of resurrecting my mint Transalp. I just get terrified that I'll kill another.

Originally, my saddle popped its rails after a really nasty crash in a rainstorm on the well known wet root ridden downhill in Gisburn forest. I had to ride 4 miles off road without a saddle!