what kind of frames are 26.4

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07-21-13 | 05:16 AM

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RubberLegs

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Sheldon Brown answers with a BIG CHART: Barracuda, Bridgestone, Capo, Diamondback, Electra, Fat City, Fuji, and Gitane. Most of them only one model for a short time....so, YES, a bit of an oddball size, but not totally uncommon, just enough to make it more difficult to find.
https://sheldonbrown.com/seatpost-sizes.html

07-21-13 | 05:21 AM

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Rubberlegs, thanks for posting that link, a chart for the workshop wall! I'd seen it somewhere before a while ago but couldn't find it in my downloads. A useful reference as I've found digital verniers don't help a lot if the clamp area is out of round! Also useful to post possible applications if you are selling an unusual size post on the 'bay. :-)

07-21-13 | 07:54 AM

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Super Mondia 26.8 . Reynolds 531SL

Super Mondia 26.4 Reynolds 531DB

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07-21-13 | 08:21 AM

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Every time you post pics of those two bikes, MA, I get all squishy.

07-21-13 | 09:39 AM

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Columbus Tenax tubed 1986 Schwinn Voyageur- 26.6.

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07-21-13 | 09:58 AM

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Columbus Tenax tubed 1986 Schwinn Voyageur- 26.6.

True. Passage was the same, luckily one of the few intact parts on mine when I got it.

07-21-13 | 10:01 AM

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True. Passage was the same, luckily one of the few intact parts on mine when I got it.

It wasn't on mine- I had to get one from "the auction site." On the plus side- it's exactly the seatpost I wanted- one of the fluted SRs with the flutes blacked in.

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07-21-13 | 04:21 PM

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Early 80's Fat Chance frames took 26.4.

07-21-13 | 05:29 PM

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Kona Cinder Cone 1990 takes a 26.4. I just ordered one for it.

07-21-13 | 05:58 PM

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26.8 for both my Fuji's (Supreme and Grand SE)

07-21-13 | 07:44 PM

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hmmm... 26.8...

I currently have two bikes (it'll be three, once the Panasonic comes back from the builders) that take 26.8, although they each have quite different tubesets...

My lugged '93 Bridgestone XO-3 is made from tri-butted Ishiwata EXT. It's supposed to be 27.0, but 26.8 actually fits much better...
My Torelli (a '97, I think) is Columbus Aelle; like the Bridgestone, the company spec'ed the frame for 27.0, but 26.8 is a perfect fit.

My '91 Trek 820 is straight-gauge Trek 4130, and actually takes a 26.2; I've had plenty of trouble finding a good seatpost for it (this is where I learned my lesson; ergo why I'm having my Panasonic modified).

The rest are all 27.2.

07-21-13 | 07:59 PM

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I've got an IRD 26.4 original zero offset two bolt seatpost, copied by many. could say it was the predecessor of syncros, ISE and thomson. I just with I could find the proper upper cradles for it.

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