Originally Posted by
Steve_sr
Hello,
This is with a new titanium frame with (I am assuming) an aluminum insert that was supposed to be honed to match the seatpost. Well, the builder (I think) got a bit overzealous with the hone. I have another titanium bike, a Litespeed, where the seatpost is tight enough to be held by friction which is sort of what I was expecting for this new frame.
Your thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve
...looking for shim stock would not be my response, in the case of a new, custom frame. I would get it fixed by the guy who built it. I was considering brazing in a reinforcing insert sleeve in my IF frame's seat tube, before I discovered the additional issue of the dropouts being drilled, with one already busted. But that was because it only cost me 25 bucks, and the frame had been abused.