Re: [CR] Super Record seatpost problems?

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:14:12 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Super Record seatpost problems?
In-Reply-To: <c92.82942c1.3308e3f2@aol.com>
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My brother has had his slip a few times. I think it is stable now, not sure what he did (maybe just cranked the bolt). I always wondered if cleaning the two surfaces with alcohol or something then putting blue Loctite in and cranking things down would work.

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ USA

On 2/17/07, Stronglight49@aol.com <Stronglight49@aol.com> wrote:
> Am I just fortunate? I have heard of people who have had S/R seatposts
> slip, but I've used one for years with no such problem. Were posts produced in
> some years better than others? Check out this eBay auction to see the
> aftermath of one owner's desperate and hopeless struggle to keep his saddle securely
> anchored:
>
> item 190082197567
>
> Bob Hanson, Albuquerque, NM, USA