Raising bicycle seat?

[Syringer]

So I picked up an old Schwinn bike I found on Craigslist yesterday, rode it around for a bit and it was fine except I need to raise the seat 3-4 inches--and I mistakenly assumed that it worked like every other bike I'd ever seen in my life that I could just take a wrench, undo the screw--and pull up on a bar and tighten up the screw again.

However no such bar exists so I'm out of luck in making it a comfortable ride. Do addons exist that I could basically bolt on there to give the bike a few more inches?

 

[StevenYoo]

sit on a phone book or two?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Duct tape Phone Books to the seat.

 

[spacejamz]

pic???

 

[Gibson486]

Hmmm...if only it had no handle bars....


Then you can ride your bike with no handle bars

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Wait, so no seatpost? That unpossible.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: Syringer
So I picked up an old Schwinn bike I found on Craigslist yesterday, rode it around for a bit and it was fine except I need to raise the seat 3-4 inches--and I mistakenly assumed that it worked like every other bike I'd ever seen in my life that I could just take a wrench, undo the screw--and pull up on a bar and tighten up the screw again.

However no such bar exists so I'm out of luck in making it a comfortable ride. Do addons exist that I could basically bolt on there to give the bike a few more inches?

Never heard of a bike seat that didn't adjust, sure it isn't someones cobble job? (er, custom fix)

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
pic???

 

[Syringer]

On second thought I think I'm just a major failure at life and this thing is just so old and rusted it just won't budge o_o

 

[FreshCrabLegs]

Originally posted by: Syringer
On second thought I think I'm just a major failure at life and this thing is just so old and rusted it just won't budge o_o

Cool Beans.

I commend you for at least giving us closure on this thread.

Hope you could drill the bolt out and just replace it.

Cheers!

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Syringer
On second thought I think I'm just a major failure at life and this thing is just so old and rusted it just won't budge o_o

Try and let it soak in Liquid wrench overnight.