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Old 03-29-21 | 05:03 PM
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Jimbo1983
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Originally Posted by T-Mar
Thank-you for posting. Just to be clear, did the frames have a 27.2mm post when you rec'd them? Yes, I'd appreciate the serial number, though it probably won't cause any revelations. TIA.
No worries. First the serial, it's WF00969. The frame is one of those pink and dark-grey Internationals that came with Suntour Sprint, same as here

The first bike I got was the blue and silver one, which had the 27.2 spec seatpost. I had problems with it slipping and probably should have shimmed it, but anyway ended up cracking the clamp area. When I took it to get repaired the frame builder (who did a nice job brazing a new lug up) said that the tube measured out much closer to 27.4 than 27.2 which would have caused the issue. I bought a 27.4 seatpost and rode the bike for a couple of years before selling.
I then found the current one on the facebook trader, cheap as it had no groupset. I bought it knowing the possible issues, and sure enough found that it was starting to crack by the clamps. I made a shim for a 27.2 seatpost and rode it for a while before buying a 27.4 seatpost which fits very nicely.
I should add that I am in New Zealand, maybe bikes for the Oceania/Asia market were finished differently in a different factory or it's just they were made on a friday afternoon just before clock-out time
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