Carbon grease

[Ronster]

howzit,

 

I put some carbon grease on my seatpost for a race this weekend. I road the bike twice and the seat didnt slip. In the race it slipped but I think its because it rained and washed all the grease away. How often must carbon grease be applied and is it normal for the carbon grease to wash away so easily.

 

Cheers,

 

Andrew

[stewie911]

Are you sure the seatpost is the correct diameter?

How much torque did you use on the seatpost clamp?

 

Rain would not wash it away in my opinion

[Sharkie 2]

Should only apply it once so its strange that it slipped and the rain should not do anything

[crasher]

You maybe under torqued it as with a smear of grease and correct torque it wouldn't slip.

 

The rain would not wash it away.

[Ronster]

its an aero seatpost, so the frame has slits on the two sides as well as on the rear of the post. water can easily get in there. I had to leave my bike in transition over night, and it rained the whole night and during the day. Can you guys recommend any carbon paste etc or should i just wrap the post with some coke tin. the seatpost is carbon and so is the bike, but the inside of where the seatpost fits has an alloy layer. I dont want to strip the seat clamp as I have already and had to buy a new one.

[crasher]

Where abouts are you I work in Bryanston and stay in Little falls if you are anytwhere near bring the bike lets clean it all up apply grease and torque it and see whats up.

[Ronster]

thanks for the offer, i will definately take it up. I have just stripped the seat clamp for the second time. i am so over this planet x frame. I'm in thailand and just did finished the laguna phuket triathlon. I will only be back in sa on the 14th. I have another clamp, which i stuck a bolt through. I have put to retangular peices of coke tin on the sides of the seat post so it grips better with the alloy of the frame. hopefully it works. Can i come see you when I get back?

[crasher]

Yes no problem give me a shout when you back