replacement saddle clamp for old seatpost?

<< I have an old bike with a very odd-sized 25.8mm seatpost. It is of the style where the post and
the saddle clamp are two separate units. Since the post is odd sized, I would like to keep that and
replace the saddle clamp with something more modern and easier to adjust - the current one is the
kind with two nuts threaded on opposite sides, pushing the rail clamps together. Its a pain to
adjust and the nuts dig into to the side of the saddle and make it bulge out. >>

Get a 25.8 American Classic seatpost. One of the best designs on the market.

amclassic.comSeatposts.htmlOpen ↗

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Its a pain to adjust and the nuts dig into to the side of the saddle and make it bulge out.

So does such a thing exist? I saw some replacement saddle clamps in the Harris QBP catalog, but
they're exactly the same as what I have on there now.

Such a clamp does exist but it was made by Ideale in France and now is a coveted collector piece.
Good luck or, I shoud say, bonne chance. Phil Brown

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<< I have an old bike with a very odd-sized 25.8mm seatpost. It is of the style where the post and
the saddle clamp are two separate units. Since

the

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post is odd sized, I would like to keep that and replace the saddle clamp with something more
modern and easier to adjust - the current one is the kind with two nuts threaded on opposite
sides, pushing the rail clamps together. Its a pain to adjust and the nuts dig into to the side of
the saddle and make it bulge out. >>

Get a 25.8 American Classic seatpost. One of the best designs on the

market.

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amclassic.comSeatposts.htmlOpen ↗

I don't see an option for 25.8...

"KBH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Riuxa.916117$S_4.927203@rwcrnsc53...

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I have an old bike with a very odd-sized 25.8mm seatpost. It is of the style where the post and
the saddle clamp are two separate units. Since

the

Quoted message said:

post is odd sized, I would like to keep that and replace the saddle clamp with something more
modern and easier to adjust - the current one is the kind with two nuts threaded on opposite
sides, pushing the rail clamps together. Its a pain to adjust and the nuts dig into to the side of
the saddle and make it bulge out.

So does such a thing exist? I saw some replacement saddle clamps in the Harris QBP catalog, but
they're exactly the same as what I have on there now.

If you like the separate clamp on a straight post, nice aluminum posts and pretty chromed Brooks
clamps are available. All the separate clamps presently available are coarse in their angle
adjustment, micro-adjust clamps (Ideale, for example) having gone by the way. Modern 1-bolt
setaposts are very available in that size ( it is quite common, acutally) and cheap.

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I have an old bike with a very odd-sized 25.8mm seatpost. It is of the style where the post and
the saddle clamp are two separate units. Since

the

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post is odd sized, I would like to keep that and replace the saddle

clamp

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with something more modern and easier to adjust - the current one is the kind with two nuts
threaded on opposite sides, pushing the rail clamps together. Its a pain to adjust and the nuts
dig into to the side of the saddle and make it bulge out.

So does such a thing exist? I saw some replacement saddle clamps in the Harris QBP catalog, but
they're exactly the same as what I have on there now.

If you like the separate clamp on a straight post, nice aluminum posts and pretty chromed Brooks
clamps are available. All the separate clamps presently available are coarse in their angle
adjustment, micro-adjust clamps (Ideale, for example) having gone by the way. Modern 1-bolt

setaposts

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are very available in that size ( it is quite common, acutally) and cheap.

whoops, shoud've checked - its 25.7 - which _is_ odd. I suppose a 25.8 may fit.

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<< I have an old bike with a very odd-sized 25.8mm seatpost. It is of

the

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style where the post and the saddle clamp are two separate units. Since

the

Quoted message said:

post is odd sized, I would like to keep that and replace the saddle

clamp

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with something more modern and easier to adjust - the current one is the kind with two nuts
threaded on opposite sides, pushing the rail clamps together. Its a pain to adjust and the nuts
dig into to the side of the saddle and make it bulge out. >>

Get a 25.8 American Classic seatpost. One of the best designs on the

market.

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amclassic.comSeatposts.htmlOpen ↗

"KBH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I don't see an option for 25.8...

That "nonexistent " size AmClassic post is in my 25.8 seatpost slot right now. Want one? (The entire
universe is not on-line yet)

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Andrew Muzi yellowjersey.orgyellowjersey.orgOpen ↗ Open every day since 1 April 1971