Looking for a bike to fit my seat post
02-21-21, 08:04 AM
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If you are interested the Austro-Daimler SL would be a candidate.
Best, Ben
Best, Ben
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02-21-21, 09:59 AM
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Early seventies Peugeot entry level and there is a nice one for sale, here in Thunder Bay, at the moment. The seller wants $200.00 CND for the bike. I offered $100.00 and he passed...
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02-21-21, 10:28 AM
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Time for a custom bike built around your seatpost . . . .
02-21-21, 10:39 AM
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https://www.modernbike.com/cane-cree...25.4-to-27.2mm
02-21-21, 12:23 PM
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1950s Raleigh club bikes w/ straight gauge 531 tubing.
02-21-21, 04:15 PM
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Must be an incredible seatpost.
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02-21-21, 04:52 PM
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Actually, both.
It is a trick-part kick-ass titanium seat post.
Which makes me wonder why this exists in this size.
A shim to 27.2 is in the mail.
Still scratching my head...
Quite possibly the production of the post was a result of a 1" titanium tube supply, with the availability of shims in mind from the start.
It is a trick-part kick-ass titanium seat post.
Which makes me wonder why this exists in this size.
A shim to 27.2 is in the mail.
Still scratching my head...
Quite possibly the production of the post was a result of a 1" titanium tube supply, with the availability of shims in mind from the start.
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02-21-21, 09:21 PM
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02-21-21, 10:05 PM
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A peugeot Iseran I had as my first bike came with a 25.4mm seatpost
02-21-21, 10:13 PM
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This sounds like finding the princess that can wear the slipper you found. A lotta work, but if she's gotta be a princess how else are you gonna find her?
02-23-21, 09:35 AM
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