Re: [CR]Campy Super Record microadjust seatpost dilema

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:46:38 -0800 (PST)
From: "scott davis" <francopedia@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy Super Record microadjust seatpost dilema
To: David Benson <tech@worrall.co.nz>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <3BFAFFD2.FDF444D5@worrall.co.nz>


David, I've heard that you can slip a piece of mesh screen (American screen/storm window mesh) under the carriage of an SR post to prevent it from slipping. Never tried it myself though. Good Luck. Scott


--- David Benson wrote:


> Garth,
> Your experience, if not the norm, is not uncommon
> either. I've never had a Campy Super Record or
> C-Record post which has not slipped sooner or later.
> I've seen plenty of Campag 2-bolt, and/or Sugino
> copies on Ebay lately.
> Bernard Hinault's la Vie Claire team still used the
> Campagnolo 2 bolt seapost as late as 1985 or 1986.
> Japanese Keirin racing regulations require the use
> of 2 bolt posts, hence the Nitto Jaguar, and the
> Sugino Campy-copy which is still made.
> DB
>
> garth libre wrote:
>
> > I have been enjoying the highly polished
> microadjust Campy Super Record seatpost (NOS) for a
> week now. Each day I go out, when I hit a bump the
> seatpost adjustment manages to go out (tilt only). I
> see that the aluminum top piece has a helicoil
> installed at the factory to keep the threads from
> self destructing, but any good auto mechanic knows
> that torque often is the destroyer of fine parts. I
> am able to return the piece but I am reluctant to
> give up a find like this. I can estimate from past
> experience that I have applied from 15 to 20 pounds
> of force, or more than I would normally apply with a
> hex wrench to a traditional non-microadjust seat
> post bolt. 20 pounds of torque seems more than
> enough to prevent slippage without damage. Has
> anyone had experience with this type of one bolt
> design before? The new two bolt design microadjust
> works fine but is ugly and non classic. The older
> Campy seems hard to locate. Is this type a
> mechanical failure destined for the pages of
> interesting
> > but faulty classicism? Garth Libre, still training
> hard in South Florida.
> >
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