Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Winslow, AR
Bikes: '83 univega gran turismo x2, '85 schwinn super le tour,'89 miyata triple cross, '91 GT tequesta, '90 yokota grizzly peak, '94 GT backwoods, '95'ish scott tampico, '98 bonty privateer, '93 mongoose crossway 625, '98 parkpre ariel, 2k'ish giant fcr3
i'm not a heavy rider, though i am overweight for my height. i hadn't weighed myself in a while, but i'm sure i'm just over 170lb. need to drop about 30lbs. at any rate, i went out and measured and have, as i guessed, 90mm of post from the seat lug to the clamp. the gouges aren't as bad as the post seen above. that is they're not as prolific and wide. more etched as they'd have been done with the point of a knife. hard to say how deep, though. supposed it's a bit moot on the portion submerged. just smooth it out there and clean up around the seat lug as suggested
i have a friend that used to have access to a lathe, but he doesn't have that job, anymore. so, it'll be by hand. maybe with an orbital sander to keep it simple vs rigging up to a drill/press.
more than helpful, gentlemen! thanks!