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Old 06-09-22 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by force10
Is it there to protect the seatpost or the frame?

I am replacing an alloy seatpost with carbon (round, 27.2) on a carbon frame bike. Manufacturer recommended max is 6nM for the OEm aluminum post. Does this hold for the carbon replacement?

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In my brief time as a design engineer we would set max torque for the assembly, which would include the frame and post materials and what max torque the set screw could take in the clamp. A change in the post material certainly could reduce the max and the suggestions above are reasonable. I suspect there may be carbon posts that could take 6Nm and many that might fail at far lower than 6 Nm.
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