Lubrication of carbon seat post...

[Mark Andrews]

I have just read that you should NEVER lubricate a carbon seat post when inserting into your frame...

WHY?

 

[boudreaux]

Originally posted by Mark Andrews
I have just read that you should NEVER lubricate a carbon seat post when inserting into your frame...

WHY?

Makes it too slick.Then you have to use too much tighteness on the binder to hold it, and it gets buggered.

 

[Aztec]

... and it's unlikely that an un-lubricated carbon post will get stuck in the seat tube the way a metal one eventually will. Corrosion ain't happening to carbon.

 

[tafi]

Grease is an organic compound which reacts with and degrades the resin which holds the carbon fibre together.
Because it's metal its never likely to become completely stuck t the frame tube like an aluminium one.