25 mm diameter seatpost
09-11-20, 10:58 AM
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25 mm diameter seatpost
I am having a difficult time finding a 25 mm diameter aluminum seat post for my Look KG281.
The Look original carbon seat post is old and starting slipping due to a poor 2 piece wedge shaped clamp.
I have tried anti slipping carbon paste but it still twists and moves vertically under force.
I am hoping an aluminum post will not be as smooth as the wedge clamps are very much so.
Thanks in advance..
The Look original carbon seat post is old and starting slipping due to a poor 2 piece wedge shaped clamp.
I have tried anti slipping carbon paste but it still twists and moves vertically under force.
I am hoping an aluminum post will not be as smooth as the wedge clamps are very much so.
Thanks in advance..
09-11-20, 11:45 AM
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However, below that listing is a 25mm American Classic post for $54 - I had a couple of these BITD - reasonably light, good two-screw angle setting and robust. I ultimately replaced them with a Chorus Ti post and an otherwise-identical Daytona steel post, but that was because I was on a bling quest, not that there was anything wrong with the AC posts. My only concern is that the one listed might not be long enough for a sloping TT frame (couldn't see length listed).
But i do think that eBay is the OPs best friend here - barring obvious trauma, there's not much that can go wrong with an Al seat post.
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09-11-20, 01:12 PM
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three hundred for a seat post?
However, below that listing is a 25mm American Classic post for $54 - I had a couple of these BITD - reasonably light, good two-screw angle setting and robust. I ultimately replaced them with a Chorus Ti post and an otherwise-identical Daytona steel post, but that was because I was on a bling quest, not that there was anything wrong with the AC posts. My only concern is that the one listed might not be long enough for a sloping TT frame (couldn't see length listed).
But i do think that eBay is the OPs best friend here - barring obvious trauma, there's not much that can go wrong with an Al seat post.
However, below that listing is a 25mm American Classic post for $54 - I had a couple of these BITD - reasonably light, good two-screw angle setting and robust. I ultimately replaced them with a Chorus Ti post and an otherwise-identical Daytona steel post, but that was because I was on a bling quest, not that there was anything wrong with the AC posts. My only concern is that the one listed might not be long enough for a sloping TT frame (couldn't see length listed).
But i do think that eBay is the OPs best friend here - barring obvious trauma, there's not much that can go wrong with an Al seat post.
25's were never (drives cost) all that common (Frenchism) if you have a bike that needs one and you want to keep it I'd get a couple of them.
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25mm diameter seat post
I am having a difficult time finding a 25 mm diameter aluminum seat post for my Look KG281.
The Look original carbon seat post is old and starting slipping due to a poor 2 piece wedge shaped clamp.
I have tried anti slipping carbon paste but it still twists and moves vertically under force.
I am hoping an aluminum post will not be as smooth as the wedge clamps are very much so.
Thanks in advance..
The Look original carbon seat post is old and starting slipping due to a poor 2 piece wedge shaped clamp.
I have tried anti slipping carbon paste but it still twists and moves vertically under force.
I am hoping an aluminum post will not be as smooth as the wedge clamps are very much so.
Thanks in advance..
09-11-20, 04:33 PM
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09-11-20, 04:41 PM
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I got Campagnolo 25.0 seat posts from the same importer I got my AlAn screwed & glued frame & fork, that used them , in the 80's
Kalloy makes low cost seatposts from 25.0 mm & larger in 0.2 mm increments in aluminum ,
their finish is not highly polished which, in this situation may be an advantage..
Kalloy makes low cost seatposts from 25.0 mm & larger in 0.2 mm increments in aluminum ,
their finish is not highly polished which, in this situation may be an advantage..
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Moderator merge these 2 identical threads?
09-11-20, 04:50 PM
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