I recently installed new pedals on my Cheviot and needed to adjust the saddle height a tad bc the new pedals are considerably thinner than the old ones. I noticed considerable resistance when I was attempting to lower the seat so I decided to pull the entire thing out to see what's up. There was a moderate amount of rust near the bottom of my seat post (a Nitto S83) and to my horror the entire inner side of my seat tube was super rusty.
The bike is from last spring, March 2019, back when Riv was default prepping frames before shipping with a coat of Boeshield inside the tubes and a budget seat post installed. I ride in the rain plenty but don't leave the bike out in the rain. The amount of rust seems a little concerning. I think moisture/rain is getting into the seat tube via a small gap in the seat lug—it's one of those super gorgeous pointy upside-down hearts that has peeled forward slightly. What should I do here? Guessing remove the post, clean up the rust, and re-boeshield the inside. But is there any way to seal up that gap b/t the pointy part of the lug and the seat post without banging and possibly damaging the lug? Thinking a little bit or bees wax or something around it could help. Any other suggestions? -- 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/0e0367f1-cd34-49e9-a67a-347d8bccdc7an%40googlegroups.com.
