help for my seat post
11-12-04, 09:38 AM
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help for my seat post
hi.... im a tall guy so when i bought my bike it came with a 26.2x270mm seat post... ever since im looking for a seatpost with de correct diameter but larger... a 350 mm i think would be enough... but y problem is that i cant find it! no one sells that size anymore or i dont know what but i cant find it... i need some help on that... im not looknig on great and expensive quality... but i really need one...
11-12-04, 09:52 AM
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Shouldn't be too big a problem. You may need a $7 seatpost shim. That is what the shop did when they installed a suspension seatpost on my new Fisher.
11-12-04, 09:55 AM
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hmm ok... where can i get it.. ´cause i tought shims only worked for getting post for smaller sizes... not bigger.. or you´re talknig about maing it smaller... how does that works?
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If you can find a longer seatpost in a smaller diameter, get a shim to make it fit your seat tube. Obviously, finding a longer post in the correct diameter is better, but not always possible.
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I thought the stock seatpost on Fisher hardtails was a 350 x 29.2 But I could be wrong. I needed a shim because the suspension seatpost was a smaller diameter. I think I went from 26.8 to 29.2.
If yours is an older model they must have used smaller tubing. Sorry.
Edit- I just saw your thread on cro-mo tubing. The aluminum is lighter and they were able to strengthen the frames by increase tubing diameter. You have an older cro-moly Fisher with smaller tubing diameters. Disregard everything I posted. I don't know if you can get a 350mm post or not. You may be able to. I just don't know.
If yours is an older model they must have used smaller tubing. Sorry.
Edit- I just saw your thread on cro-mo tubing. The aluminum is lighter and they were able to strengthen the frames by increase tubing diameter. You have an older cro-moly Fisher with smaller tubing diameters. Disregard everything I posted. I don't know if you can get a 350mm post or not. You may be able to. I just don't know.
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11-12-04, 12:17 PM
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https://aebike.com/site/page.cfm?PageID=30&Category=1449
Three to choose from at or longer than 350 mm. aebike.com has the best prices on QBP catalog items.
Three to choose from at or longer than 350 mm. aebike.com has the best prices on QBP catalog items.
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Nashbar.com offers their standard Nashbar ATB Seatpost in 26.2 mm x 350 mm. Attractive price, too.
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=
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