[Orange P7 1995] Combined seat post/saddle by design?

[jrbo124]

Hi All, Another rookie question about my Orange P7! I assume this is the original seatpost and saddle, but they seem to be one piece? Not sure if I am just being really dense here, but there doesn't appear to be any way to remove the saddle except for bending the inner ring a lot, which seems a bit extreme. I can see the previous owner has put some sort of foil in for a shim as well, but I'm a bit baffled by this. Anyone come across one of these before? Cheers.

 

[ishaw]

You should be able to undo the bolt and wriggle the bits that clamp the rails free. The foil shims have probably been added as the grooves on the clamp have worn down and the saddle was slipping. You can sort this by using a Dremel or file and adding the grooves back.