Doug Van Cleve wrote:
Howdy folks. I bought a parts donar that I hope will give me everything I need to build up the Silk Hope I bought a few weeks ago, but it has a 26.2mm seatpost and I need a 27.2. I think mine is in nice shape, the top fistfull is anyway.
+++++++++++ Just a note, Doug. I suspect that the market for 26.2 is "thin:" few bikes used them, in my experience, so they're hard to place and hard to find when needed. The notable exception was the Cinelli SC, which had a shim brazed in to the top couple of inches of the seat tube, reducing its diameter to 26.2. And reducing the tendency for seat pins to get frozen in place. I believe it is one of the diagnostics for telling a Cinelli from a Windsor imitation. Now, do I even have a 27.2 to trade, to have a spare....?
harvey sachs
mcLean va