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Thanks ed.
The lug was definitely sqeezed, in the end i could put the 27.2 seatpost in while widening the lug with the help of a screwdriver.
So if my guess with the 531st seattube is right, Tony Oliver is also right - guess the Roberts is silver brazed, so another 531st with 27.2 diameter here.
The Roberts rides really really nice btw.. Will post some pictures if it has been converted from its ugly trekking-ness to drop bars...
Thanks everyone...cheers.
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There are no stickers on the frame, probably it is a special selected mixture of Columbus and Reynolds. I assume also that there is some 531st in there, first thoughts would be seattube, that's why 27.0 is also an option.
But I also thought the lug would have been squeezed, so tried the trick with the screwdriver and i can fit the seatpost in, allthough with a little work...
Just btw and probably a little bit of stupid question, how can you tell if you inserted a to big seatpost?
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Not yet, also feel a little bit strange about this as this is my tourer - which will get ridden in corners of the world where the assembly paste may be not available...ok, of course i could take some with me...
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Hello!
Just got a lovely second hand Roberts - what I believe to be a Transcontinental, build in 1990.
Bicycle rides like a charm, but the 27.0mm seatpost is slipping a cm over ~10km. Already tried another one, than the one that came with it (looked original in terms of the group), but still no luck.
A 27.2 feels really wrong when trying to insert, it would need more force even for the first millimeters.
As the nice guys from Roberts are taking a sabbatical and records are not available currently: are there any Transcontinental owners, from roughly that period, who can tell me which diameter is right?
Reaming to 27.2 would feel a little bit strange with such a high quality frame, if it would have been made for 27.0...
Thanks in advance,
Micha
Btw: framesize is 58cm, if this has an impact on the used tubes...
Yeah, done quite often with many different airlines. Works well and is first choice for me. Just be sure to get quite a big one, to have additional space for foam. If you want to 100% protect the paintwork, use gas isolation pipes.
Weakness is that often the axles of the front wheel will come through the cardboard, so be sure to put some extra protection on it.
Coming back from Japan I used bags of bonito flakes instead of bubble wrap ;-)...