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Old 02-27-13 | 02:26 PM
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Paul Braithwait
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From: Carlisle, in England's Lake District, just a few miles south of the border with Scotland.

Bikes: A Bianchi C2C road bike, a steel framed touring bike and a Xootr Swift folder which has made the rest redundant!

I've not had any problems with my Swift's seat post slipping but some time ago I replaced the Q/R skewers with Allen Key bolts as they looked neater and I didn't fold the bike very often. I had second thoughts and went back to using Q/Rs and found that the seat post was a tighter fit. I think when I was using the Allen Key bolts I must have over tightened the bottom one a little thus narrowing the the seat tube a fraction. The seat post is now a very neat fit and takes some jiggling to pull out of the frame - not much of a problem. I've checked the frame with a magnifying glass to make sure I haven't damaged the bolt holes or stressed the area around the seat tubes but all looks well. Maybe using a normal bolt instead of the Q/R may solve your problem - but be careful!
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