Well I a couple of weeks ago I came off of the rollers and broke my seat post in two /img/vbsmilies/smilies/redface.gif. I decided to shop ebay and found one that I purchased, but when I received it I could tell that the end that holds the seat had been glued and was out of alignment. I put it on and sure enough with a little twist it came loose. I ended up with a partial refund from the seller (best I could do) and used an epoxy to fix it. I feel like I did a good job and used a good epoxy and my thought is with as far down the post as it goes and the fact that the only way it would come loose again is a significant twist of the seat and then a pull upwards not much could happen safety wise. It is a carbon/aluminum post.
I felt pretty good about it until I was talking with a friend who runs the LBS and he gave me a response like I was insane for trusting it since it has been repaired. I explained my logic, but he even thought that it would be irresponsible since if it came loose in a group during a race bad things could happen.
I am now to the point where I am thinking that it would be best to just purchase another one and trash this one, as the elimination of the doubt that I now have would far out weigh the cost. I am still just one of those who hates wasting things, and I keep going back to the fact that they glue them at the factory. Anyone think they can convince me that it will be ok and I should just keep it until I have an issue with it??
I felt pretty good about it until I was talking with a friend who runs the LBS and he gave me a response like I was insane for trusting it since it has been repaired. I explained my logic, but he even thought that it would be irresponsible since if it came loose in a group during a race bad things could happen.
I am now to the point where I am thinking that it would be best to just purchase another one and trash this one, as the elimination of the doubt that I now have would far out weigh the cost. I am still just one of those who hates wasting things, and I keep going back to the fact that they glue them at the factory. Anyone think they can convince me that it will be ok and I should just keep it until I have an issue with it??