Here's the _BEEF_ !

Several moons ago when I was plagued by a slipping seatpost on my RedLine MonoCog (firs and second
frmes ;-) I was at my wits end, as was my riding-bud/Mgr. of LBS, who sold me the bike. (He's the
one who lent me his Surly 1x1 for a month and got me hooked in the first place.)

So we did some research and orderd one of these bad boys:

http://www.surlybikes.com/parts/constrictor.htm

The only thing the Surly webpage does not do, is any true justice as to just how BEEFY this clamps
really is. So, to give props where mad_props are due, I took this picture comparing the standard
RedLine seapost clamp to the Surly Constritor:

http://www.shavings.net//images/bikes/SS/constrictor.jpg

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John G. aka: ClydesdaleMTB Breaker of all things....

Dreaming of a Karate Monkey: King Steel-Set headset RaceFace NorthShoreXS ISIS cranks and BB.
Thomson setaposts and stem (of course ;-)

Someday baby, someday......... <sigh

 

"ClydesdaleMTB" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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| Several moons ago when I was plagued by a slipping seatpost on my RedLine MonoCog (firs and second
| frmes ;-) I was at my wits end, as was my riding-bud/Mgr. of LBS, who sold me the bike. (He's the
| one who lent me his Surly 1x1 for a month and got me hooked in the first place.)
|
| So we did some research and orderd one of these bad boys:
|
| http://www.surlybikes.com/parts/constrictor.htm

Oooo, gotta have one of those! <madly starts hunting for a Surly dealer>

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> Several moons ago when I was plagued by a slipping seatpost on my RedLine MonoCog (firs and second
> frmes ;-) I was at my wits end, as was my riding-bud/Mgr. of LBS, who sold me the bike. (He's the
> one who lent me his Surly 1x1 for a month and got me hooked in the first place.)
>
> So we did some research and orderd one of these bad boys:
>
> http://www.surlybikes.com/parts/constrictor.htm
>
>
> The only thing the Surly webpage does not do, is any true justice as to just how BEEFY this clamps
> really is. So, to give props where mad_props are due, I took this picture comparing the standard
> RedLine seapost clamp to the Surly Constritor:
>
> http://www.shavings.net//images/bikes/SS/constrictor.jpg
>

Oddly, i don't seem to have a problem with slipping seatposts, though i have not yet ridden
this frame.

> Thomson setaposts and stem (of course ;-)
>
> Someday baby, someday......... <sigh>

Must be you don't have a frame that takes a 28.6 post as i keep offering you mine ;-)
--
~Travis

travis57 at megalink dot net http://www.megalink.net/~farmers/

 

On Mon, 12 May 2003 17:47:31 -0400, ClydesdaleMTB wrote:

> http://www.shavings.net//images/bikes/SS/constrictor.jpg

So that sucka should work on just about any bike, shouldn't it? Between the slippery tube on my
carbon fiber frame and my slippery USE seatpost, I have to stop and adjust it at least once a ride,
even on short rides.

Then again, I'm not sure I want to subject a carbon fiber frame to the seatclamp from hell!

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On Tue, 13 May 2003 09:19:21 -0400, Doug Taylor wrote:

> I have a USE on my SS that constantly slips; I think it has something to do with the shim ( I
> don't have the problem on my dualie which has a post to fit the tube).

I got the version without the shim, for that very reason - not that it helped much!

> A simple alternative to the constrictor to solve the problem, which will not affect your frame,
> is to fasten a hose clamp to your seatpost on top of the seat post clamp. The combo of the forces
> of the two clamps holds the post in place. Not exactly

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BB wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2003 17:47:31 -0400, ClydesdaleMTB wrote:
>
>
>>http://www.shavings.net//images/bikes/SS/constrictor.jpg
>
>
> So that sucka should work on just about any bike, shouldn't it? Between the slippery tube on my
> carbon fiber frame and my slippery USE seatpost, I have to stop and adjust it at least once a
> ride, even on short rides.

as long as the Outsied Diameter of the seat-tube is 30.0 or 30.2 (The ONLY two sizes they make
them in ;-)

> Then again, I'm not sure I want to subject a carbon fiber frame to the seatclamp from hell!

shot them an E-Mial and ask them if'n it'd be okay.

 

Technician wrote:

> Must be you don't have a frame that takes a 28.6 post

Not that I know of..... but who know's what lurks inthe basement.... or barns.

> as i keep offering you mine ;-)

like The Stones say: "Can't give it away on Second Avenune"