Update - I put some park tool super grip on there for a little extra stickiness. Anyone have experience with this stuff? Do you just use this alone on a seat post or is it combined with some grease on the lower part of the post?
On Friday, January 27, 2023 at 7:57:02 AM UTC-8 Drew Henson wrote: > Whelp greasing the clamp bolt worked, much to my amazement, which will at > least hold me over until the nitto seat post and carbon paste shows up. One > of the great things about bikes is one tiny thing can make all the > difference. And one of the great things about this group is all the > knowledge to be shared. > > Speaking of greasing the bolts, here is the new sam waiting at the > swinging bridge over the Duwamish River this morning. Those in the Seattle > area know that this bridge was recently closed to replace a hydraulic > cylinder that allows the bridge to swing open. This is the main bike route > out of West Seattle and it was a major pain to commute with it out of > commission. Thankfully it's back in action! > [image: Image.jpeg] > [image: Image (3).jpeg] > > > On Friday, January 27, 2023 at 6:23:56 AM UTC-8 pi...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Yup. I worked with Rivendell on my kalloy seatpost that came with the >> Roadini slipping. Greased the binder bolt, etc. Darn thing still slipped, >> and in any case that kalloy would never stay level (I guess I know why all >> those pictures of Rivendell bikes have saddles pointed upwards!). I gave up >> and bought a Thomson Elite masterpiece and never had a problem since. The >> Thompson also had the advantage of being a 2 bolt seatpost that's >> infinitely adjustable and doesn't nose itself upwards. >> >> On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 12:14:39 PM UTC-8 Drew Henson wrote: >> >>> Anyone have any issues with the stock seat post (the one included with >>> the frame) slipping with the latest sam frames? Happened to me on my first >>> shakedown ride yesterday. >>> >>> I have a new nitto stem and some park tool supergrip on the way but was >>> curious if anyone else experienced this. Or if there's any advice on using >>> the park tool super grip? >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0490a2a9-632a-4a91-aa60-f743640f69can%40googlegroups.com.
