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I think I've got the seat post stable enough to get it to Kinoko - still turns a bit by hand but seemed ok on a quick test ride. I'll give it some welly tomorrow and see if it holds. It's quite a nice saddle position actually - i'm used to riding slightly too big frames so it's no more than that. But one of the reasons for getting the 19" was I was quite looking forward to not having to jump quite so far off the saddle at the lights - there's lot of lights out there.
I can do the beercan shim, yes...but I don't really like bodging until I understand the problem. Once I get what's supposed to happen, then I can make a call on whether to fix it or bodge it :) With this one, I want to work out if I've got a seatpost that's too big, a seattube that's been overtightened, or both. I'm a bit worried that if the tube's been distorted by overtightening it'll never get a good hold on the post and I'll end up cracking up the tube.