Re: [CR] Early Campy SR post slipping, now campy flaws +seatposts warts and all

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From: <KvnMuadib@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:36:47 -0400
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Early Campy SR post slipping, now campy flaws +seatposts warts and all


hi all'.... well we have seen two solutions to a common but not unescapable(or insurmountable) problem with campy's un original one bolt design. at an average weight of 215 lbs.and 6.0 i have managed to use 4 of those seatposts w/o too much heartache and/or slippage.i will admit to having shied away from the 2 bolt model for reasons of slightly less than manual dexterity or patience in tight mechanical situations,if one happened to fall my way pricewise or any wise i would probably be wise enough to want it. i can only attest that this style's(2 bolt) popularity remains unabated if judging from e-bay (which i spend far too much leisure time watching ) i also seem to recall from reading this list that for those brave enough to use it, the saddle position is most definitely immobile which is a great benefit to people who don't fiddle around with their saddle position once dialed in. now that i have defended some people's sad and pathetic devotion to that archaic religion(campagnolo)movie nuts such as myself will get the allusion....,i need to have another question answered. just how old is the one bolt design as it continues to be fairly popular? i have a fluted seat post(looks older than dirt but probably isn't) that says brev and gp in cursive script and i have been told is gippieme it is spring loaded and has grooves that mate and though alloy and about 180 mm could definitely do double duty as a war club. and my second question would be (due to not having seen any myriad of different types or models)what are other popular and or unflawed clamping sytems for seats ,or better still and definitely more subjective,what are your favorite seatposts either for style ,function,weight weenieness(new word )rarity ,whatever? enquiring minds want to know.... be... good.... kevin ruberg howell nj usa..... thanks(seriously) to those who replied w/the helpful hints as i might not always be lucky...pps i have seen that thingie that goes between the saddle rails and fits on top of a "plain* post i know its neurotic but i get visions of being impaled on that arrangement somehow though it appears to be technically impossible from the way it is configured...but i digress...
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