I had similar problems on a Nitto lugged post in my Quickbeam when it was new. Carbon friction paste is a good idea and widely available at LBSes now. I just use a very miniscule amount of grease now. The problem also seems to get better as the seatpost's finish wears a bit. This happened quickly with mine since I have very little exposed seatpost and thus had to raise the seatpost every time I wanted to clamp the bike in the work stand. Of course, this is problematic from the perspective of appreciating the beautiful machining and finish work on Nitto parts, but I think that's why Grant tries to work against fetishizing these parts at the same time we recognize their quality.
On Thursday, December 25, 2014 1:27:51 PM UTC-8, ted wrote: > > I usually put a liberal coat of grease on seat posts and stems prior to > installing them. The intent being to avoid creaking and / or parts becoming > stuck. When I put a Nitto lugged seat post on my Bombadil I had trouble > getting it to stay put. On every ride it would slip down in the seat tube. > Eventually I wiped the post and the inside of my seat tube as clean as I > could, and since then things have been fine. I think I read somebody > commenting that the lugged stem always tended to slip on them. My bullmoose > bars generally stay put but any time the bike falls over they do end up off > center. > So I wonder, is there a consensus on the best approach to installing Nitto > steel stems and seat posts with the dull bright coating. Grease, no grease, > Boeshield T9, bees wax, ... ???? > -- 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.
