Re: [CR]Cracked seat lugs/wrong post sizes

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

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To: David Feldman <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Cracked seat lugs/wrong post sizes
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:06:29 +0000


This may be what happenned to my Trek and necessitated a warrantee frame repair after only 6 mo!

Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI USA


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From: David Feldman

> A great many frames sustained damage from over

\r?\n> tightening on too-small posts this way: On a new bike

\r?\n> assembly, the seatpost inserts with difficulty and/or

\r?\n> galling (scratching) the post surface. A panicked

\r?\n> bike assembler, or a store manager who wants to

\r?\n> placate a scratch-neurotic customer, not knowing about

\r?\n> adjustable reamers and/or brake cylinder hones,

\r?\n> uses the next post diameter down and just overtightens

\r?\n> the seatpost binder to stabilize the post. Voila--a

\r?\n> post that fits easily and with less scratching, and a

\r?\n> cracked seat lug ear or slot in the making.

\r?\n> David Feldman

\r?\n> Vancouver, WA

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