pink seatpost!? awesome!

yeah, sounds like your post was too big. maybe have to go with 26.8 even. they make this nifty gauge tool that is just a graduated post. go to a shop to have the tube sized and then buy your post from them. or order the post gauge yourself.

and 02-09 is a looong time in production runs. i wouldn't be suprised if it was different... then again i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.