It is not easy to find high quality alloy seat posts for my 2018 Roadini. Note that when you purchase a Roadini frameset, it comes with a seat post! That should tell you something. Cheers, Karl
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 7:12 PM Ron Frazelle <frazelle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sometimes when it comes to manufacturing, it's just about part number > rationalization...less part numbers to buy...less tooling costs. I don't > know if all of the other models are 26.8, but if they are this could be the > reasoning. It's just a guess though. > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 7:01 PM Hugh Smitham <hughsmit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe someone can answer this, why in the heck did Rivendell start making >> the seat tube inside diameter 26.8mm on the new bikes? I believe hearing >> something about seat tube wall thickness. Don't get me wrong, I think the >> new Geos make for a better ride, but it's way easier to find posts in >> 27.2mm all day long. >> >> Rivendell has the Nitto S83 in that diameter but it's a whopping 300 mm >> length 50 mm more than I need and also a whopping $128 before tax and >> shipping. >> >> Rant over n out. >> >> Hugh n LA >> >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BvJTt3J4Ch1mi_X8s0gfmAFC8HmuCB6_cL_%3DhXaQTEGxwwXLA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BvJTt3J4Ch1mi_X8s0gfmAFC8HmuCB6_cL_%3DhXaQTEGxwwXLA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAOrfQLXMThpAesiDWjpQ7%3DtWjqs4gMtTNYRoT%2BUz4V0uNXJr3g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAOrfQLXMThpAesiDWjpQ7%3DtWjqs4gMtTNYRoT%2BUz4V0uNXJr3g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADftY8gFnT0Bmit-49ffeXxQhADfRnLtuYtFMT1qNk9ZendLfg%40mail.gmail.com.
