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Cycling back from London tonight through Chelsea Wharf, I had a go at jumping a speed hump (using it
as a launch pad). CRACK on landing. Seat bolt snapped, seat missing, me nearly impailed myself on
seat post.
It was about six miles to Clapham Junction, standing all the way obviously! My earlier post about
climbing hills ... well, six miles of 'stomping' is good practice for small hills, I reckon.
I'm so glad I didn't sit down though. :)
"elyob" <newsprofile@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> It was about six miles to Clapham Junction, standing all the way
obviously!
> My earlier post about climbing hills ... well, six miles of 'stomping' is good practice for small
> hills, I reckon.
>
Okay, it's not six miles, but it felt like it .. ;)
Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after years,
as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.
"elyob" <newsprofile@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Cycling back from London tonight through Chelsea Wharf, I had a go at jumping a speed hump (using
> it as a launch pad). CRACK on landing. Seat
bolt
> snapped, seat missing, me nearly impailed myself on seat post.
>
> It was about six miles to Clapham Junction, standing all the way
obviously!
> My earlier post about climbing hills ... well, six miles of 'stomping' is good practice for small
> hills, I reckon.
>
> I'm so glad I didn't sit down though. :)
>
If you want a real seatpost-snapping horror story, check out Jobst Brandt's (second-hand) tale of
pain and suffering:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2019999745d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe
=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=Ds6y1M.E9K%40hpl.hp.com
or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R5D9218E5
It's a good adverisment for sturdy mudguards.
Tim.
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"Gearóid Ó Laoi/Garry Lee" <nospam_glee@iol.ie> wrote in message
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> Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after
> years, as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.
Finding a replacement bolt was a right pain today. 4 different bike shops, they even sent me to
H*lfords. I'm glad they didn't have one though!
Gearóid Ó Laoi/Garry Lee wrote:
> Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after
> years, as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.
Or in my case through just being old. I was 5 miles from home in the Pentland hills on a 12 year old
Rockhopper when it happened to me. My wife got annoyed when I borrowed hers.
--
Mark
"Tim Cain" <tim_no1@you_know_what_to_cut_timcain.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> If you want a real seatpost-snapping horror story, check out Jobst Brandt's (second-hand) tale of
> pain and suffering:
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?R5D9218E5
>
> It's a good adverisment for sturdy mudguards.
>
> Tim.
>
http://snurl.com/2cta
I had to look this up to really understand.
Far to much info here .. http://snurl.com/2ctd
elyob wrote:
> "Gearóid Ó Laoi/Garry Lee" <nospam_glee@iol.ie> wrote in message
> news:bk3oaa$r7t$1@kermit.esat.net...
>> Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after
>> years, as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.
>
> Finding a replacement bolt was a right pain today. 4 different bike shops, they even sent me to
> H*lfords. I'm glad they didn't have one though!
Is that the bolt that clamps the seat tube round the seat post on a 'proper steal frame'. If you
find one let me, I'm after the campag sort without a litle lug on the nut side.
--
Andy Morris
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"AndyMorris" <AndyMorris@DeadSpam.com> wrote in message news:bk5knh$cf5$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> Is that the bolt that clamps the seat tube round the seat post on a
'proper
> steal frame'. If you find one let me, I'm after the campag sort without a litle lug on the
> nut side.
>
Nope, It was just the one that screws the seat to the post.
The shop sold me one bolt for a quid. I won't be rushing back there again. One bolt, a quid ....
still, I did spend an hour visiting every bloody shop in town for it. "I'll take it". No argument.
Tim Cain wrote:
>
> If you want a real seatpost-snapping horror story, check out Jobst Brandt's (second-hand) tale of
> pain and suffering:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2019999745d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe
> =UTF-8&safe=off&selm=Ds6y1M.E9K%40hpl.hp.com
>
I recall not that long ago an Australian (?) racer who cored himself badly when a seatpost failed.
Can't find a web link yet to the story.
Tony
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elyob wrote:
> "AndyMorris" <AndyMorris@DeadSpam.com> wrote in message news:bk5knh$cf5$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>
>> Is that the bolt that clamps the seat tube round the seat post on a 'proper steal frame'. If you
>> find one let me, I'm after the campag sort without a litle lug on the nut side.
>>
>
> Nope, It was just the one that screws the seat to the post.
>
> The shop sold me one bolt for a quid. I won't be rushing back there again. One bolt, a quid ....
> still, I did spend an hour visiting every bloody shop in town for it. "I'll take it". No argument.
Work out the cost of paying the guy who sold it to you, the rent on the shop and the cost of keeping
that bolt for how ever many years it took you to turn up. A quids not that much really is it?
I used to be in the cycle trade until i decided to stop being poor.
--
Andy Morris
AndyAtJinkasDotFreeserve.Co.UK
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In article <3f6612ad$0$248$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>, Tim Cain wrote:
>If you want a real seatpost-snapping horror story, check out Jobst Brandt's (second-hand) tale of
>pain and suffering:
>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2019999745d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe
>=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=Ds6y1M.E9K%40hpl.hp.com
>
>or
>
>http://makeashorterlink.com/?R5D9218E5
>
>It's a good adverisment for sturdy mudguards.
Or a rear rack. It also makes the Dark Side look even more tempting - if your comfy chair breaks,
you might fall off, but you won't impale yourself on anything.
Ow! That made me wince - even if you *did* miss sitting back down!
Reminds me that I was on my first mountainbike race this summer (a 70km offroad race. Great fun, but tough for a beginner!) and I cycled past a guy who seemed to be struggling. I mentioned that I should probably get myself some front forks with suspension before trying something like that again and he pointed out that his saddle had broken off the seatpost! We were miles from anywhere, which made me feel pretty rotten for complaining about a little vibration from my handlebars. It must have taken him ages to get to somewhere where he could get a lift back to civilisation!
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