Re: [CR]seat post bolt question

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Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:37:27 -0400
From: "jamie swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]seat post bolt question
To: ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>
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I saw 3 examples of those where the head popped off the bolt.

Jamie Swan - Northport, N.Y.

ADP wrote:
> Ok, I know I'm might be committing some kind of serious blasphemy here in
> asking this, so please forgive me in advance. My boyfriend's Waterford
> uses a 27.4 post and most of the modern options just didn't float his
> boat. The boating floating post was a Campy 27.4 post which a list member
> (thanks, Tom!) was kind enough to sell me. It uses a single bolt for the
> seat clamp, looks great, is the right length and he likes it a lot. So I'm
> feeling I gave him a nice present.
>
> Only problem, and this is where the blasphemy part comes in, is the bolt
> that tightens the seat clamp is a 13mm hex head, not a bolt adjustable with
> an allen key. He'd like it to be an allen bolt, is there anything about
> that bolt (strange size and/or threading) that means he cannot use another
> fastener in it's place? I
>
> Me - well I'd carry a 13mm wrench, and not worry about it, but then again
> he wouldn't ride something non indexing, so there you have it!
>
> Ann Phillips - Decatur GA