Thread: 27.2 500mm seat post?
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Old 12-16-10 | 01:01 AM
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I highly suspect that 27.2mm being extended to 500mm is beyond the maximum flexural strength such a tubing would have.
there's a reason why many folding bikes come equipped with large diameter, long seatposts.
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