Re: [CR]26.8mm seatposts

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:03:01 -0400
From: "sasha eysymontt" <sashae@gmail.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]26.8mm seatposts
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On 8/17/06, kerrigan bennett <krbennett@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Seems like the wall thickness that naturally corresponds to a 26.8 seat
> post would be 0.8 mm. So, if the 26.8 is not the result of sleaving or
> excessive reaming of a smaller diameter, then the frame is built with a
> straight guage 0.8 seat tube, like Columbus Gara (not sure what earlier
> versions might have been called) or perhaps with a double butted seat tube
> that was 0.8 at the top (I think this was done in some japanese tubing
> bikes in the 80's).
>
> Or maybe there was a single butted seat tube around that was 0.8 or
> smaller at the top. I'm far from expert, but the heaviest I've heard about
> was 0.7/1.0, Columbus SP (and later, Thron). My 80's Team Miyata took a
> 26.8 seat post and proudly boasted of proprietary triple butted tubing,
> although I don't know details of the seat tube butting.

For whatever it's worth, my Reynolds 708 Hollands (with the rifling on the tubes) takes a 26.8 as well.

sasha "this is my rifle this is my seat tube" eysymontt, nyc.

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