FWIW, I have been advised in the past that, for standard (alloy, steel) frames and seat posts, you should never have to resort to anti-slip grease.
A slipping post is a sign that something is mechanically wrong. In one case, the seat collar on one of my bikes had a small protrusion that was preventing it from gripping the post properly, leading to slipping. Once that was fixed (a few seconds with a file) everything worked properly. The mechanics I trust have said that the proper course of action is to find the mechanical problem, not apply friction paste. The paste is a band-aid on the real problem, which will still be there. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On Mar 14, 2023, at 11:20 AM, Brian Turner <brokeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Park Tool SuperGrip compound is supposed to be for carbon or alloy use. > I've heard it really doesn't matter though; apparently stuff that's > advertised for carbon fiber can also be used on steel and aluminum... I've > just never had to actually use it before. I would be surprised if the Nitto > S-83 26.8 post is somehow "off" in sizing. I mean, it's Nitto after all. I've > had the bike since October but it has only started slipping in the past > couple of weeks, so I'm not sure what has changed to cause it to do so. I can > see how the machined grooves on a Thomson or the cheapo Kalloys that a lot of > Rivs come with would help to prevent slippage. My main issue with Thomson > posts is that they do not provide enough setback for me, and I won't use the > Kalloys because I can't stand single bolt saddle clamps. > > On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 1:28:46 PM UTC-4 pi...@gmail.com wrote: >> I've never needed anti-slip compound on any of my steel, aluminum or ti >> frames. Are you sure it's not the seatpost that's off in sizing? I >> discovered, for instance, that the kalloy that came with my Roadini was just >> no good. Replaced it with a Thomson and the problem just magically went >> away. I did notice that the Thomson seatposts have some milling that might >> improve grip, but then again, the cheapo seatpost on my Airborne mountain >> bike (aluminum frame) never slipped either, so that milling probably isn't >> even necessary. My impression with anti-slip compound was that it was for >> carbon fiber seatposts (and I have cracked those) which can't stand getting >> torqued. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f91471d6-3c49-48b1-98f5-3dd3dd2a00e1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f91471d6-3c49-48b1-98f5-3dd3dd2a00e1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/FF325153-6166-471A-95FE-8024D1419803%40me.com.
