Old 09-11-19 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Crankycrank
You might want to look into getting the seat tube reamed to accept a 27.2mm post as you'll have many more posts to choose from. BUT...…., have a good mechanic inspect it first to determine if the frames wall thickness is enough to do this. The .2mm that would need to be shaved off is very, very minor but still needs someone who knows what they're doing to make a judgement.
I have a TANGE #5 frameset here that takes a 26.8mm seatpost. I asked a professional framebuilder about reaming it out to 27.2mm and he said no way he'd do that as the seat tube walls would be too thin after.

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