help: post too large

Yeah, this happened to both me and my friend when we got our DX's. Just
make a mark about where you wanna cut it and use a pipe-cutter, or
hacksaw if you don't have a pipe cutter. Don't cut it too much though,
cause then you got a problem.

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riq said:

Hi,
Today I've received my Torker unistar dx 24", and to my surprise, the
post is very very large. When I insert the post into the fork, the
seat remains too high. My height is 1,76 meters (5 feets, 9 inches)

The question is:
. is this normal (to receive a large post) ?
. if so, what did you do ? have you cut it with a traditional saw ?
Should I care about something ?

I've had to cut every post shorter (I'm 5'6"😉. Use a hack-saw, or, for
a cleaner cut, use a pipe cutter. Remember, it's better to cut off
some more if the post is still too long than cut it off too short.

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riq said:

The question is:
. is this normal (to receive a large post) ?
. if so, what did you do ? have you cut it with a traditional saw ?
Should I care about something ?

thanks,
riq.

Yes, this is normal.

As others have said, cut it with a hacksaw (saw for cutting metal) or
pipe cutter. Cut off a small amount. Then, insert the seat post into
the fork and try it to see if it remains too high. If it is still too
high, cut off another small amount. Do not cut a large amount because
then the post could be too short.

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cut it with a pipe cutter...

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umm... the seatpost doesn't come out the bottom on a DX, so that method
of measurement is wrong... forget about pipe cutters, get a saw
zaw/cutoff saw/whatever you want to call it and cut it off 🙂
if you don't have one... go w/ the pipe cutter

to measure
🙂
good luck

cut off 1" at a time??

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pipe cutters are far easier and faster then a hack saw, and it will
leave a clean cut.

When I first got my DX I hacked off 3 inches and was fine, then once I
got into trials more, I cut another inch off. Now its at a perfect
height.

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Just use a hacksaw and bevel the edge of the cut with a file or rasp.
Job done.

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i had to cut my DX down almost 6" seeing how i'm 5'3". when i cut mine,
i made sure that when it was at a comfy height, the bottom of the post
wasn't touching the underside of the crown. i dont know it this
imperitive, but i felt it was the right thing to do.

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figure out exactly how much you have to cut off and do it
try to leave it all the way down at the hight you are most comfortable
w/

cut it however you want... it doesn't matter anyways

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my dx post was too long also

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