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Seatpost - Seat Tube Clearance - How much is too much?

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Old 05-21-23, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Kontact
I don't understand why a new shim needs to be reamed. Knock the welds down and the shim should go in undistorted.
This is the million dollar question as to what is standard practice on a thin wall titanium frame. This area of the frame is high stress and I don't want to do anything to compromise the strength in this area.
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