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Old 07-08-05, 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by pakole
A seat post was purchased for my tube. It was thought to be a 27.2 mm when it really is a 28.6 mm. Now, instead of getting the right size. A genius thought it would be ok if you tighten the shim really tight, but the 27.2 m seat post could not sustain the height with any load thus the person tired to put back the original seat post, but the tube has been slighly deformed, so that the 28.2mm is not a little bit too big, thus we are getting a shim from Nashbar that allows one to fit a 27.2 mm seat post in anything seat tube up to 30.4 mm. That is the detail..
AH! Well, that guy is a twit.


Originally Posted by pakole
Now, I have another question.

Would it be better to just have the seat post drop down to the tube with the 27.2 mm seatpost, so that in the case of an accident or something I will not be impaled?

Thanks.
Most certainly! But if the tube is now deformed you won't be able to tighten the seat post I assume? Yer seat will move around a bit. Not possible to buy a shim somewhere instead of waiting for it through the mail?
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