I think what we're seeing here is a large degree of self-justification but I don't really understand why. Why not just say hey! I'm totally new to this, please help me...
For example, Moist said that his old seat post was removed by a car mechanic and was replaced with a post 'slightly too big for the frame' by the same 'mechanic'.
So that tells us that:-
A) If this lad has a car he definitely shouldn't ever take it to the same mechanic
B) Never let that mechanic anywhere near your bike again and
C) It suggests to me that perhaps it has now become physically impossible to jam the oversized seat post into the frame any further and in order to convince himself that it's not a problem, Moist is is trying to convince himself and all of us that it's 'already the correct height'.

Reading a few quotes from his posts I notice he said that most of his riding is on pavements which begs the question.... [MENTION=527658]Moisture[/MENTION] why the hell didn't you just buy a mountain bike and be done with it?