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It was about six miles to Clapham Junction, standing all the way

obviously!

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My earlier post about climbing hills ... well, six miles of 'stomping' is good practice for small
hills, I reckon.

Okay, it's not six miles, but it felt like it .. 😉

Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after years,
as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.

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Cycling back from London tonight through Chelsea Wharf, I had a go at jumping a speed hump (using
it as a launch pad). CRACK on landing. Seat

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snapped, seat missing, me nearly impailed myself on seat post.

It was about six miles to Clapham Junction, standing all the way

obviously!

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My earlier post about climbing hills ... well, six miles of 'stomping' is good practice for small
hills, I reckon.

I'm so glad I didn't sit down though. 🙂

If you want a real seatpost-snapping horror story, check out Jobst Brandt's (second-hand) tale of
pain and suffering:

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It's a good adverisment for sturdy mudguards.

Tim.

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Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after
years, as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.

Finding a replacement bolt was a right pain today. 4 different bike shops, they even sent me to
H*lfords. I'm glad they didn't have one though!

Gearóid Ó Laoi/Garry Lee said:

Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after
years, as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.

Or in my case through just being old. I was 5 miles from home in the Pentland hills on a 12 year old
Rockhopper when it happened to me. My wife got annoyed when I borrowed hers.
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It's a good adverisment for sturdy mudguards.

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Seat-bolts snap because they have been overtightened, weakening them. I discovered this after
years, as I used to use levers on the allen keys. Don't. I haven't snapped one since.

Finding a replacement bolt was a right pain today. 4 different bike shops, they even sent me to
H*lfords. I'm glad they didn't have one though!

Is that the bolt that clamps the seat tube round the seat post on a 'proper steal frame'. If you
find one let me, I'm after the campag sort without a litle lug on the nut side.

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Is that the bolt that clamps the seat tube round the seat post on a

'proper

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steal frame'. If you find one let me, I'm after the campag sort without a litle lug on the
nut side.

Nope, It was just the one that screws the seat to the post.

The shop sold me one bolt for a quid. I won't be rushing back there again. One bolt, a quid ....
still, I did spend an hour visiting every bloody shop in town for it. "I'll take it". No argument.

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If you want a real seatpost-snapping horror story, check out Jobst Brandt's (second-hand) tale of
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I recall not that long ago an Australian (?) racer who cored himself badly when a seatpost failed.
Can't find a web link yet to the story.

Tony

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Is that the bolt that clamps the seat tube round the seat post on a 'proper steal frame'. If you
find one let me, I'm after the campag sort without a litle lug on the nut side.

Nope, It was just the one that screws the seat to the post.

The shop sold me one bolt for a quid. I won't be rushing back there again. One bolt, a quid ....
still, I did spend an hour visiting every bloody shop in town for it. "I'll take it". No argument.

Work out the cost of paying the guy who sold it to you, the rent on the shop and the cost of keeping
that bolt for how ever many years it took you to turn up. A quids not that much really is it?

I used to be in the cycle trade until i decided to stop being poor.

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If you want a real seatpost-snapping horror story, check out Jobst Brandt's (second-hand) tale of
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It's a good adverisment for sturdy mudguards.

Or a rear rack. It also makes the Dark Side look even more tempting - if your comfy chair breaks,
you might fall off, but you won't impale yourself on anything.

Ow! That made me wince - even if you *did* miss sitting back down!

Reminds me that I was on my first mountainbike race this summer (a 70km offroad race. Great fun, but tough for a beginner!) and I cycled past a guy who seemed to be struggling. I mentioned that I should probably get myself some front forks with suspension before trying something like that again and he pointed out that his saddle had broken off the seatpost! We were miles from anywhere, which made me feel pretty rotten for complaining about a little vibration from my handlebars. It must have taken him ages to get to somewhere where he could get a lift back to civilisation!