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Old 10-05-08 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by operator
100% wrong and bad advice.

Seatpost sizes cannot be "approximated", you NEED the exact correct size. Shims are only temporary until you can get the proper size, a stopgap, not a solution. Seatposts come in .2mm increments all the way from 24 ~ 32mm.
+1

More like you *want* the correct size so stuff doesn't get more complicated in the future.
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