Like Phil, I've been using a 12 point 10mm offset box wrench for years, and it works OK, (definitely better than the dedicated Campy wrench, which is useless IMHO), but still not great.
Several people have previously mentioned using a flex-head ratcheting box w rench, and it sure sounds like that would be the ideal tool for the Record post. I've tracked one down from Sears, but before I order it, I was w ondering if there are better choices. This is the one from Sears:
http://www.sears.com/
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Ray Dobbins
Miami Florida USA
From: Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [CR]Putting the Record seatpost on a diet To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:39 PM
On Oct 13, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Personally, I never particularly liked the Record two-bolt post or its
> clon
> es. They are a real pain to install a saddle on, what with reaching
> unde
> r the saddle with the wrench and all. I much prefer the Simplex
post
> or
> a Brooks seat clamp or a one bolt later Campy post, where the bolts
> are act
> ually accessible. The one thing you can say for a Campy Record post
> is t
> hat once you have the saddle properly installed, you can make tiny
> adjustme
> nts, thus its moniker as "microadjusting". I guess one theory
about
> the
> popularity of the Record post In The Day is the same as for a
lot of
> other Campy gear, i.e. it was what Eddy Merckx used. Eddy, of
course,
> pr
> obably because of his back problems, was constantly messing with
his
> sad
> dle position, so the micro adjusting Campy post was perfect for him,
> his po
> or mechanics, of course, having had the task of setting the damn thing
> up i
> n the first place.
>
I've been using a Snap On 12 point 10mm offset box wrench for years and
never have a problem.
Phil Brown
Nice tonight in Berkeley, Calif.