Re: [CR]Repairing other's mistakes

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

From: <Jon3084@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:57:37 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Repairing other's mistakes
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 3/26/2005 8:28:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, biankita@earthlink.net writes: The fault here, I believe is not my own. First, the dealer used only penetrating oil, which everyone said has no effect on aluminum oxide. Afterwards he used force, but because the post was still oxidized, the effect was to crack the seatpost. The second fault was Campagnolo, who cast this particular seatpost unevenly. The width of the aluminum walls were so obviously uneven. One part of the wall was nearly double the width of another part 360 degrees around, and the crack happened at the thin part. This seatpost could never stand up to a strong twisting action. If it had been properly cast this post would be out now, in its entirety. I'm not sure I'd blame anybody but the person who didn't keep the seat tube well greased. If the post broke while riding I'd say sure it was a defective post. But that post and frame were not designed to be used with cheater bars, vises, big wrenches, Dale Brown wrastlin moves etc. Take it for what it is...an old bike. You just have a problem that is too common on old bikes.

Jonathan Greene
Oviedo FL