I can confirm that my MIT Atlantis uses a 26.8 mm seatpost. I don’t know if
they all do though
On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 2:48:23 PM UTC-5 Eamon Nordquist wrote:
> I thought the MIT Homers use a 27.2 seatpost. I could be wrong - the
> description doesn’t say, as far as I can tell.
>
The seattube on steel frames is 1-1/8" (28.6mm) external diameter. If the
builder uses 0.7mm wall thickness for the seattube, that gives 27.2mm
internal diameter; 0.9mm gives 26.8mm.
I found that the 26.8mm seatpost supplied with my Appaloosa was a slightly
loose fit in the seattube, and as I
That’s great, The Snag! I’m glad you didn’t file down the pointy seat lug.
Philip
Santa Rosa, CA
On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 8:20:10 AM UTC-8 The Snag wrote:
> Philip,
> I bought a 27.2 KS Lev with 65mm of travel and sanded down the post until
> it fit snug in the 26.8 seat tube. I have
Rosco Dropper!
Very nice bicycle..
-Kai
On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 11:20:10 AM UTC-5 The Snag wrote:
> Philip,
> I bought a 27.2 KS Lev with 65mm of travel and sanded down the post until
> it fit snug in the 26.8 seat tube. I have zero safety concerns about
> shaving off .4mm, these
Slight tangent: Nice Clem mountain bike. What bar are you using?
On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 7:06 AM lconley wrote:
> My 1st batch Clementine 52 uses a 29.8 seatpost
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Patrick Moore
Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats
You are very welcome. Note that neither the Loctite nor the "gel with
roughage" solutions make it hard to remove the seatpost, only with Loctite
you have to smear more on after you remove, because it dries out, while the
gel seems not to dry out, at least, not as fast. So experiment and, if you
Patrick,
Thanks for the suggestion. Will look into that. Yes, it needs to be either
an undersized post, or an oversized person on top for slippage to happen.
Still haven't totally settled on the final saddle choice for the Clem, but
for now am just going to keep using the factory stock model.
Eric: FWIW: I'm not very heavy, but I have experienced seatpost slippage
with undersized seatposts, and I've cured them with 2 proprietary
near-liquids: blue Loctite in the case of a Syncros ti seatpost, and that
gel with roughish bits in it meant to be used with CF seatposts, this for
the current
Well, if it needs to be said (and it doesn't) I'm also not overly happy
about the larger Clem using a 29.8 seatpost size. But in this case it's
purely personal. Wanted a Thomson setback post in black for the bike and
that is one size they only do straight. Ended up finding a used Uno in
black
I thought the MIT Homers use a 27.2 seatpost. I could be wrong - the
description doesn’t say, as far as I can tell.
Eamon
Seattle
On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 11:30:35 AM UTC-8 Mark Roland wrote:
> And you could discuss that bike on the SOB* list!
>
> *Surly Owners Bunch
>
> On Friday,
And you could discuss that bike on the SOB* list!
*Surly Owners Bunch
On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 7:17:23 PM UTC-5 David Person wrote:
> I think I'll buy a Surly Bridge Club frameset and save myself $3400 vs a
> custom.
>
> On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 3:22:34 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard
This is another option.
On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 4:17:23 PM UTC-8 David Person wrote:
> I think I'll buy a Surly Bridge Club frameset and save myself $3400 vs a
> custom.
>
> On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 3:22:34 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote:
>
>> A custom would certainly do the
I think I'll buy a Surly Bridge Club frameset and save myself $3400 vs a
custom.
On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 3:22:34 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote:
> A custom would certainly do the trick. Mine was built to a spec similar to
> if you put the toptube lower on an Appaloosa, and it uses a 27.2
I think you mean get a section of 26.8 tubing. Yes, I suggested a custom
based on his favorite seat post.
On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 5:59:48 PM UTC-5 Matthew Williams wrote:
> I would not recommend milling the inside of the seat tube. You'd be
> weakening the structure of the frame and
I would not recommend milling the inside of the seat tube. You'd be weakening
the structure of the frame and the milling would be difficult and more expense
than it's worth.
Instead, find a local fabricator and request the following:
1: Get a section of 27.2mm tubing and cut it to length
Meanwhile .0004% of bicycles (Rivendell's contribution to the ~100,000,000
that are produced every year) come with 26.8 lol
On Thursday, 26 November 2020 at 11:15:20 UTC-8 Eric Daume wrote:
> Modern mtbs have really coalesced around 30.9 or 31.6 seat posts. A few
> are bigger are smaller, but
Modern mtbs have really coalesced around 30.9 or 31.6 seat posts. A few are
bigger are smaller, but I’d guess 80% of new mountain bike have one of
these two sizes.
Eric
On Thursday, November 26, 2020, Joe Bernard wrote:
> I would argue that ignoring modern MTBs and "all the proprietary crap"
I sure wish Riv hadn't changed the seat post diameter from 27.2mm to 26.8mm
on their frames. Doing so really limits the available seat post options.
One particular suspension seat post I use is only available in 27.2mm.
Baffles me why Riv chose to do that. Glad I got my Hillborne before the
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