What's the absolute minimum amount of seatpost that is safe to have in the seat tube?
06-07-08, 09:47 PM
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What's the absolute minimum amount of seatpost that is safe to have in the seat tube?
Just wondering what the minimum amount of seat post I can safely have in the seat tube? If a seat post if listed as 250mm, is that 250mm from the top to the minimum insertion line?
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look on the bottom of the post and make sure the safe mark is not showing. That would be the amount.
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The length of the seat post is generally measured from the saddle clamp to the very end, which includes the part that must be in the frame. A 350mm post I have has about 100mm between the minimum insertion line and the end, so the saddle rails could only be up to 250mm above the seat tube.
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