Lycett saddle

[Beefheart]

Hi all,
I wish to put a single seat on my G3ls project can anyone recommend a supplier please? There are plenty to be seen online but the front bracket all seem to be too narrow (2.5") they need to be 3.5". Having recently bought a dual seat online that was well made and looked good but was dimensionally woeful, I am naturally cautious. Thanks Colin

[alanengineer]

2 1/2" will fit mine, give us a clue on what year
bike you are trying to fit it too

[Beefheart]

Hi Alan, it's a 1953 I have just measured it again (in case of schoolboy error) also checked the remnants of the original dual seat 3.5".

[dave16mct]

The single saddle mounts on a lug under the tank. The lug on the corner which the dual seat mounts on is too wide and too far back. The nose of the seat has to fit in the recess of the tank.
Dave.

[alanengineer]

Just had a look at a 52 frame i have in the back garden. It dosent have the saddle fixing lug. But checking my 54 rigid, that does. I can see where you are getting your 3" from and that is not the saddle fixing point for a single seat, but is for a dual seat

[Beefheart]

Thanks Alan and Dave it's all much clearer now, there is no lug on my frame. Looking more carefully at the parts book it lists three numbers for the front frame L,CS,Ls etc. Now to see what Leighton's can do with the original dual seat base.
Regards Colin