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Ha no worries at all. It’s already got carbon paste on it, I didn’t grease it cos I’ve read these can slip, and hence the carbon paste which was already on it. Instructions may have even said, don’t grease, I think.
To be honest, I didn’t try mega hard, I tried sticking a saddle on ,(without the post inserted on a bike), and it was a faff and I prob gave up after 15 mins cos I could already anticipate I wasn’t going to be able to fine tune once actually installed. I should prob give it another go but I hate messing with my saddle, got it just right at the moment. The thought of taking my saddle off current post, switching this out, trying to get it right and failing, then having to revert to current post is daunting.
greeno-
There’s carbon paste between the cups and post?
Does the post have a metal insert that the cups press up against or are they pressing into bare carbon?On the Specialized post, it has an alloy insert bonded into the frame, so it’s a metal on metal interface hence the grease. I’d maybe wrongly assumed this post has the same bonded insert?
But if it’s clamping down into carbon then the carbon paste would make sense!
If it doesn’t look like this photo then my method might not apply. But changing the angle might be easier with the post in the bike to get a bit more leverage.
TotalShanner
Please don’t be offended when I ask… but are you greasing the interface between the cups and the post? Apologies in advance!
Edit - just to be clear, grease cups, do up bolts finger tight then tilt saddle to desired angle then torque up the bolts.
It’s really hard to move even when just finger tight?