carmonkie

I am wondering if anyone had this issue, but the grooves of my seat-post cradle wore off. The post was a orbea carbon post. The saddle of course won't stay level. Was this cause because of under or over torque or simply quality of the aluminum cradle or something else.

mloywhite

I have an '07 Orca, and the first seatpost they sent stripped as I sat back down from a hard accelleration. To say it was painful is an understatement. I had to ride home standing up, mainly because the seat was broken loose. Mine was all carbon, and they sent me a new one, no questions asked. I got a Thomson, and sold the crappy Orbea replacement. I doubt you did anything to cause it.

Mr. Beanz

Have you tried reversing the lower section of the clamp that holds onto the seat rails? Mine stripped at one point, I reversed the lower section of the clamp (that sits on the grooved cradle section of the post) so that it's opposite of the original direction allowing for a diferent direction of contact. It's been fine over the last 10,000 miles or so.

Might try that if you haven't already. I thought I needed a new post but gave it a last effort, it worked.