Originally Posted by billh
Oh yeah, speaking of mechanical failures, last Thu on the way home, I was sitting back on my seat, pumping up a long hill and . . . . CRACK! . . . seatpost bolt completely sheared off. Fortunately, I did not crash, but then I had to peddle about 2 mi the rest of the way home, standing up. That is difficult!
this happened to me once and I know what you mean "hard to pedal" standing up. My post was a cheapy Kalloy....never again. All I did was drop off of a curb and BAM, the bolt sheared off. I scraped my leg on the seatpost. What was your post?