On Monday, October 20, 2014 8:09:13 PM UTC+2, Ron Mc wrote: > > no offense, Johan, the one you show has been tightened to overload. As I > said in my prior post, it solved a problem for me. It's not my 100% seat > post clamp, it simply adds the little more that was lacking. As I > mentioned in my prior posting, it solved a problem for me - successfully. > Problem solved. Thanks. >
Yup, if you don't tighten it much it won't break, and in your case you don't need to since you use a regular clamp as well. But it's a truly unsound construction, and a cautionary example of bad engineering. Johan Larsson, Sweden > > On Sunday, October 19, 2014 2:14:08 PM UTC-5, Johan Larsson wrote: >> >> On Monday, October 13, 2014 6:49:12 PM UTC+2, Ron Mc wrote: >>> >>> I solved my slipping seatpost on my Moser with a Super Record expander >>> seatpost - clamps internally like a quill stem - add that with the lug >>> binder bolt and it snugged up nicely. I sniped mine on ebay for $70, which >>> was a good price, and it was also very nice condition. The problem with >>> Super Record posts, they're not very tall, but perfect for my tall frame >>> need. American Classic at one time made a taller expander seatpost. It's >>> kind of a neat idea - you'd think more might offer them, especially Nitto. >>> >> >> Well, you don't want the expander below the thicker butted end of the >> seat tube, so there's a great chance of user error and no manufacturer is >> fond of that. The Campagnolo expanding seatpost I've seen is a pretty >> strange and bad design too, and honestly I wouldn't use it on any bike of >> mine because of its probability of breaking (not the post itself, just the >> locking mechanism). >> >> Johan Larsson, >> Sweden >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
