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ahoy! yeah the seatpost cradle mechanism isn't at all user friendly, that said with the use of a flathead screwdriver it was very easy to open up the bolt area to slide the lower then upper cradles into place, the extra faff I'd introduced by drilling the lower cradle to take the di2 wire was fiddly, but I'm hoping its a job I'll only do once!
Liking your Gazelle! big fan of them myself...
Small update, the PDW fenders wont sit happily under the ultegra caliper on the rear so the Moots is getting the EE's and the Parlee has the ultegra... the dis-benifit of this is that I need to rethink the dynamo light position...
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Do you have a special technique for switching saddles with that simple but (imo) annoying clamp? I have something similar though bit less distinguished on my mxl, a VanNicholas post. Bloody PITA to get a saddle on there, even more so or next to impossible to get it off. I've found instructions online how to do it: you apparently have to 'open' the cilindric ti clamp as much as you can (where the two bolts sit, after removing them obvs) with whatever the fuck you can (there's no special tool for it), without forcing it too much, so you can push out the lower of the two alu half cilinders et voila. Please note: not a good idea to put on a cf rails saddle.
I'm very much hoping you have a better alternative or perhaps the design of the moots post differs and is less flawed. In that case I'm even more happy for you than I already was considering all those nice bikes and garden :)