Howard;
Good suggestions all. One thing you might want to check before you use a hone or sand down your post... If you can get a dial caliper and measure t he hole in several directions you may find that it is smaller front to back tha n side to side. If this is the case, there is a good possibility that someon e tightened the heck out of the seatpost bolt when there was no post in there,
causing the binder bolt ears to toe in and take a dive into the hole. If that's the case, you can use a round bar of the right size(tommy bar from a Stronglight crank tool works) or half of the seapost bolt with an allen wren ch in it to GENTLY pry the ears open one at a time.
Bob Hovey Columbus, GA
Lou writes:
Howard, I have to assume that the frame doesn't take a 27.0 or smaller
seatpost, otherwise, seeing how you are a Yale grad, you would have figured
that
out. So, since it must be a 27.2, then either 1) the opening is ovalized;
2) you
have one of those rare 27.2 seatposts that is slightly oversized, or 3) ther
e
is corrosion or something else preventing the post from going in the
seattube. If it is 1), then I suggest you insert a 27.0 post to see wheth
er the gaps
around it are symetrical. If it is 2), I suggest you use some elbow greas
e
and steel wool to remove just a hair of metal from the lower part of the
seatpost, then use a thin coat of oil to help the insertion process. If i
t is 3)a
good polishing with fine sandpaper around your finger should clean out the
opening to the seattube. There are hone tools that also do that, but most
of us
don't have them. If none of this works, then a trip to the bike shop may
be in
order. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL