Re: [CR]Campy Super Record microadjust seatpost dilema

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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:30:44 -0500
From: "Daniel Artley" <dartley@co.ba.md.us>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <"garth libre" <rabbitman@mindspring.com>>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy Super Record microadjust seatpost dilema


When I got mine, the single bolt seat post, I had to tighten that thing about as tight as I could and if the seat was all the way back, it still arc-ed into the wrong tilt. I ended up stripping the cap piece out. There wasn't a helicoil in it or the replacement. But the Bike shop owner said that having the correct washer was supposed to solve the problem. I changed the washer, it seems to work, but it still has to be tightened more than I would expect. I use a long handled box end wrench. If that hadn't worked I would have used that belt grip adhesive on the arch of the contact points. I prefer my old two bolt SR post.

Dan Artley Parkton, Maryland

<<<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.>>>