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A mounting for a bicycle saddle which allows lateral rocking with respect to a seat post. The mounting features a platform spaced apart from a shoe member by a cylindrical elastomer, with the platform and shoe member maintaining mutual contact through use of a pivot member. The pivot extends downwar

A mounting for a bicycle saddle which allows lateral rocking with respect to a seat post. The mounting features a platform spaced apart from a shoe member by a cylindrical elastomer, with the platform and shoe member maintaining mutual contact through use of a pivot member. The pivot extends downwardly from the platform and fits into a toe portion of the shoe member, while a rearward heel of the shoe member seats the elastomeric cylinder. The forward pivot member allows rocking of the platform and seat, while the rearward elastomeric cylinder provides some shock absorption, depending upon tension placed on the cylinder. The shoe has a pair of rails on the underside with the same spacing and cross-sectional shape as seat rails. This allows the shoe to be fastened to a seat post with a conventional clamp. The same type of clamp is used for securing a bicycle seat to the upper side of the platform.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A mounting for a saddle of a bicycle comprising,a platform having opposed sides, including an upper side with means for mounting a bicycle scat thereto and a lower side having a downwardly and forwardly extending pivot member;a shoe with upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface

[ We claim:] [1.] A mounting for a saddle of a bicycle comprising,a platform having opposed sides, including an upper side with means for mounting a bicycle scat thereto and a lower side having a downwardly and forwardly extending pivot member;a shoe with upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface having a toe receiving said pivot member and having a heel on which an elastomer rests, said elastomer having a first and second end wherein the first end is positioned in contact with said heel, wherein the second end is positioned in contact with the lower side of the platform; anda bicycle seat post secured to the lower surface of said shoe,wherein said pivot member is received in said shoe such that said platform laterally rocks from side to side about an axis lying in a plane extending in the normal forward riding direction of the bicycle.