Miyata Triplecross seatpost diameter

[[email protected]]

Just bought a Miyata triplecross frame ('92 or '93) on eBay to build
up as a touring/all-rounder.

The guy selling it says it uses a 26.4mm seatpost.

I checked the hallowed Sheldon Browns seatpost archive and it looks
like Miyatas of that era use 26.8

Anyone know for sure?

 

[A Muzi]

[email protected] wrote:
> Just bought a Miyata triplecross frame ('92 or '93) on eBay to build
> up as a touring/all-rounder.
> The guy selling it says it uses a 26.4mm seatpost.
> I checked the hallowed Sheldon Browns seatpost archive and it looks
> like Miyatas of that era use 26.8
> Anyone know for sure?

No, but are you sure you read Sheldon right? Koga Miyata Team frames
have a double butted seat tube, hence 26.8. The lesser models had
heavier material so 26.4 is not unreasonable.
(model not listed in BuyCycling or Bicycle Guide reports for 1992 or 1993)
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

 

[jim beam]

[email protected] wrote:
> Just bought a Miyata triplecross frame ('92 or '93) on eBay to build
> up as a touring/all-rounder.
>
> The guy selling it says it uses a 26.4mm seatpost.
>
> I checked the hallowed Sheldon Browns seatpost archive and it looks
> like Miyatas of that era use 26.8
>
> Anyone know for sure?

i think your best solution is to make the seller include the seat post -
then it's his problem to be sure, not yours.

 

[icebike]

On Feb 23, 10:49 am, jim beam <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Just bought a Miyata triplecross frame ('92 or '93) on eBay to build
> > up as a touring/all-rounder.
>
> > The guy selling it says it uses a 26.4mm seatpost.
>
> > I checked the hallowed Sheldon Browns seatpost archive and it looks
> > like Miyatas of that era use 26.8
>
> > Anyone know for sure?
>
> i think your best solution is to make the seller include the seat post -
> then it's his problem to be sure, not yours.

I worked on Miyatas of that era, and if memory serves me correct, the
ones I built up were all 26.8. Worse comes to worse, find a much more
common 26.8 mm post, and sand it down a bit; 0.4 mm is not a lot of
material to remove and shouldn't compromise safety if the post is of
decently thick aluminium.