Believe it or don’t- the actual Rivendell instructions say to grease the seat binder bolt.
Which I didn’t do…on account I hardly never get a NEW bike…
but here it is….

at the page bottom.
I figured I knew better- I’m an engineer!! - and we don’t add grease to newly installed fasteners. Probably there are lubricating properties to the plating used. And I figured all my old bikes have enough grit already in the seat tube I get good stichtion without carbon paste.

To go belts and suspenders- I went with greased binder bolt and carbon paste (in the seat tube).
i had some fear that introducing carbon to a Rivendell would set off some kind of atomic reaction, igniting the atmosphere into a ball of flame. But so far everything seems stable. So far!!


seatpost not slipping along the Rouge River

I’ll keep you updated- next post will be about the knocking while pedaling.