Originally Posted by
veganbikes
So I was bored and decided to look at the manual for my Cinelli 1A stem and they say only grease the bolts and simply sandpaper the stem under the insertion line and inside the head tube. What in the fresh hell is this? Why would they say not to grease the stem as you normally would with any quill stem?
For those who don't know the specific stem I am talking about
:
https://www.cinelli-usa.com/cinelli-...-bicycle-stem/
The Sunlite seatpost I bought last November for my English 3-speed has a similarly curious admonition not to use grease:
Never use grease on your seat post when installing. This may cause the seat post to move out of place while in use. Friction or anti-seize paste should be used instead.
Maybe it's a liability thing? Like they don't want to be blamed if someone uses a really thick coating of grease and doesn't tighten the bolt enough and crashes?
Whatever, I used grease. I know what I'm doing.