Joined: May 2008
Posts: 10,106
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster
Went for an outing duirng the Gubment shutdown on my Colnago that i recently added a Super R post. Lubed the post, as we all should do, and tightened using a Campagnolo binder. The ride ended up being slightly over 33 miles with the post slipping down about an inch and the saddle rotating back about 15 degrees! Snapped the binder during removal (replaced with Sugino binder) and wiped the post and ST of excess (couldn't see any) grease. I read somewhere here that the single bolt post has this problem of allowing the saddle to rotate. The fix, IIRC, is to rough up the two surfaces to increase the coeficient of friction, YTBD (yet to be done)!
Another issue arose during the ride, but not a SNAFU, was the discovery that I could only ride no hands while canting the bike to the right. Checked the wheel set (purchased on CL) and found that there was dish to one side on the front and an equal amount in the back. Lesson learned: check newly purchased wheel sets for offeset! Improved uniformaty of tension in the process. The front wheel spokes measured 5 units on the Park tension meter! The rear was fine for tension.