Seat post slipping...

My seat post keeps slipping on every ride.

I have a Giant OCR1 and am afriad to overtighten the allen key bolt.

What do I do???

Regards, FaHeL...

 

A shim. Small piece of Coke can or Pespi but definitely not Orangina

 

"FaHeL" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My seat post keeps slipping on every ride.
>
> I have a Giant OCR1 and am afriad to overtighten the allen key bolt.

Is the fastener lubricated? It should be, whether the head and thread of an allen bolt or the cam of
a quick-release unit.

--
Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

 

I had the same problem. Turned out my problem was that the binder bolt was just a smidge too long
and was bottoming out before it could clamp the post tight enough. The mechanic put the female side
of the bolt on a bench grinder and took off a few hundredths of an inch. Works like a charm now.

FWIW.

"A Muzi" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "FaHeL" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > My seat post keeps slipping on every ride.
> >
> > I have a Giant OCR1 and am afriad to overtighten the allen key bolt.
>
>
> Is the fastener lubricated? It should be, whether the head and thread of
an
> allen bolt or the cam of a quick-release unit.
>
> --
> Andrew Muzi http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

 

It is the carbon seatpost I suppose. Never use any kind of lubrication. What I heard was written in
a test is to use a little hairlacker (or how do you call this in english ? The stuff that makes your
hair feel like a sugarspin)

"FaHeL" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
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> My seat post keeps slipping on every ride.
>
> I have a Giant OCR1 and am afriad to overtighten the allen key bolt.
>
> What do I do???
>
> Regards, FaHeL...