Saddle post questions (Slowbee)

[Woofie]

I recently sold my ready for anything Thomson elite seatpost and I settled for a feather lite one-bolt ritchey WCS carbon post so that it could match my other components.

 

Now I am too scared to overtighten the thing (and I dont have a torque tool either)

So after I put it on I noticed that it was slipping a little.

So what I did is I cleaned up the post, and put a couple of layers of insulation tape at the point where it goes into the frame and then I ended it off towards the bottom so that there is one layer that will get clamped onto as well.

I have since not had any slipage, but I am still wondering if this is the best way to have done it.

 

Question 2

There is so much boo ha about the carbon grease etc. But I dont really understand the hype.

Surely one petroleum derived lube is as good as another?

I have just used grease on my seatposts and results have been good so far.

 

What do you guys use and why?

 

 

 

[Ryan]

I had constant problems with slipping, pulled the post out cleaned off the old grease. used the carbon grease and torqued correctly. No problems at all anymore.

[Woofie]

 

I had constant problems with slipping' date=' pulled the post out cleaned off the old grease. used the carbon grease and torqued correctly. No problems at all anymore.

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So is your seatpost now the same as your avatar?

 

Why the carbon grease?

 

 

[Ryan]

 

I had constant problems with slipping' date=' pulled the post out cleaned off the old grease. used the carbon grease and torqued correctly. No problems at all anymore.

[/quote']

 

So is your seatpost now the same as your avatar?

 

Why the carbon grease?

 

 

Something like that...

 

Apparently there are tiny 'particles' in the grease which aid in stopping the slipping of carbon.

 

 

 

 

[Minion]

I believe the carbon carbon grease is not so much a grease in the lubrication sense, but rather an anti-slip compound.

[droo]

I believe the carbon carbon grease is not so much a grease in the lubrication sense' date=' but rather an anti-slip compound.

 

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Yup. It's an anti-sieze and anti slip, not a lubricant. Not the same thing as normal grease.

[Slowbee]

mmm, I should get a copy right on my name ...