Seat post clamp

The seat keeps slipping down on my fuji beater - not by much noticably over the course of a ride - i dpont think i've buggered the clamp... is the stock one just crap?

Have you put a minimal smear of grease around the inside of the clamp (and it goes without saying, also the threads/under the head of the clamp bolt).

This should help it achieve the requisite torque... but don't overdo it.

yeah i have as normal - i've not much experience with these seperate clamps - i've always had frames with the intergrated jobs.

maybe there's too much grease - i might give it a clean then try again.

The clamps aren't shit then?

Dunno. A clamp's a clamp. Unless it's some ridiculously scant lightweight one (which it won't be), it should work fine. And I haven't heard of OTP Fuji's having badly reamed seat-tubes either.

right - i'm going t degrease and clean it all, regrease then try again... We'll see...

the stock clamps are just crap

Perhaps it works better if the clamp points the other way.
Check how the seat tube and the clamp are lined up.

It may be a bit better when the slots are NOT lined up, but on the opposite side.

well in the end I bought a salsa clamp but that was too small - even though it's the size in the fuji spec - but it does clamp onto the seat tube perfectly so I put it above the other. Problem solved!