Seat collar tending to migrate up the seat tube

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auftakt

Got the 31.8mm Thomson today. I had to pry it open a touch, but it seemed to fit fine.

I trimmed back all the paint so that it wouldn't rest under the clamp, sanded the raw seat tube, light coating of grease, and installed the 31.8mm Thomson. Went on and torqued up to 3nM no problem. That said, the "defective" clamp seemed to be fine at 4nM for the past little while.

Haven't ridden with the Thomson yet, but I am pleased that the paint damage is concealed and the install went totally fine. We'll see how it goes after I get it on the road for a few miles.

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Scilly.Suffolk in reply to @auftakt

light coating of grease

Between the clamp and the tube? That won't improve friction.

PS The Nm figure quoted on components is the maximum, not the recommended figure: if it works at a lower torque, then it's fine.

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auftakt in reply to @Scilly.Suffolk

Between the clamp and the tube, yeah. The Thomson instructions state to do this-- but they are the only ones I've come across to suggest that. I thought I'd give it a try since now its bare metal underneath and I would hate for it to rust.

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