Seat Post Problems.

Posted on Mon 31st, March 2008

• #1

atomic.a

My new bike has finally arrived from Van Nicholas and very excited I rushed home and started to put it together. However, when I came to getting the seatpost in, I came a cropper. Using all my puny strength I have managed to get it in about 2cm but that is it.
It is a ti frame and a ti seatpost and I am using Finnish Line ant-seize.
I have emailed Van Nicholas but am too keen to try it out so anyone on here got any ideas?
• #2

NoLongerAFixedFreak

wrong seat post size it sonunds to big.
what size is the seatpost?
• #3

Shinscar

make sure theres nothing in the tube, 2cm in?
• #4

tynan

Depending on how close/tight the fit is there are any number of possible solutions.

Put your frame in a warm room and your seat post in the freezer for half an hour - mind you, if this works I don't rate your chances of every getting it out !

Seatpost to seat tube tolerance should be within 0.2mm - sounds like yours is out :(
• #5

atomic.a

Thanks tynan. I got it in with a bit of freezer, hairdryer, rubber mallet, elbow grease. Not the way I was imagining it going but at least it is in now and I can go and ride it. Not sure how I will ever be able to adjust remove it.....

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