Originally Posted by
NormanF
I'm not doing it. The mechanic will and I trust his skills. If he does mess it up, I'm owed a new frame. But it will come alright, I think. There's a quite a few parts that have to be installed that I have on order.
Geez, man, just tell your mechanic to look in the QBP catalog and order you a 27.0 Nitto seatpost.
Want cheaper than Nitto? Here's a Kalloy Uno for $26.
http://smartbikeparts.com/search_details.php?itm=ST6233
Any bike shop can order you a Kalloy. Silver colored aluminum with a logo you can polish off with some metal polish. Don't let that mechanic monkey with your seat tube. Seriously. Why? It's not like you're looking for something that oddball. A Google shopping search for 27.0 seatpost(no quotes) brings up a page of results.
You only need to buy a seatpost ONCE. You'll never ever have to replace it. Once you buy it, it really doesn't matter if it's 27.0, 27.2, or 26.8.