seatpost blues

OK, so I am riding with my seatpost extended 1/4" past the max
insertion marker...

what's going to happen?

I have a weird size seatpost (30.4mm) on a cro-moly Stumpjumper. The
best path I see is to get a longer seatpost in a 27.2mm size and use a
seatpost shim to make up the difference.

Any comments on seatpost shims (adaptors)?

thanks,

- glenn

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30.4 is a weird size, are you sure it's not 30.0 or 30.8 (two standard
sizes). You can cause your frame to split if you land on the seat hard and
the seat is extended past the maximum point. Most of the good seatposts
come in all the standard sizes. Thomson is one of the best.
www.lhthomson.com , they're light and strong.

Kevin

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Quoted message said:

OK, so I am riding with my seatpost extended 1/4" past the max
insertion marker...

what's going to happen?

I have a weird size seatpost (30.4mm) on a cro-moly Stumpjumper. The
best path I see is to get a longer seatpost in a 27.2mm size and use a
seatpost shim to make up the difference.

Any comments on seatpost shims (adaptors)?

thanks,

- glenn

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Quoted message said:

OK, so I am riding with my seatpost extended 1/4" past the max
insertion marker...

what's going to happen?

You might cause a seatpost failure or, perhaps worse, damage the frame.
I've seen many failed frames from too-high a seatpost, and it's pretty easy
for the manufacturer to tell what happened (and thus not consider it a
warranty).

Quoted message said:

I have a weird size seatpost (30.4mm) on a cro-moly Stumpjumper. The
best path I see is to get a longer seatpost in a 27.2mm size and use a
seatpost shim to make up the difference.

I'm pretty sure you can still get that size and, if not, a proper shim can
take care of it. Don't improvise the shim if you can avoid it though, as
even a slight mis-match in size can cause the frame to fail (if you err on
the too-small size, the slot closes up and creates a likelihood of the frame
cracking at the slot's base).

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

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Quoted message said:

OK, so I am riding with my seatpost extended 1/4" past the max
insertion marker...

what's going to happen?

I have a weird size seatpost (30.4mm) on a cro-moly Stumpjumper. The
best path I see is to get a longer seatpost in a 27.2mm size and use a
seatpost shim to make up the difference.

Any comments on seatpost shims (adaptors)?

thanks,

- glenn

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Kevin said:

30.4 is a weird size, are you sure it's not 30.0 or 30.8 (two
standard sizes).

It's an unusual size, but it was used by Specialized for their oversized
steel Rockhoppers and Stumpjumpers. It corresponds to a seat tube with a
31.8mm outside diameter and 0.7mm nominal wall thickness.

RooX make a good (and very long) though expensive one - the S4. KAlloy also
make long, cheap 30.4mm posts in several styles - they're often rebadged.
Ritchey used to make one, and so did Syncros.

James Thomson

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James Thomson said:

Quoted message said:

30.4 is a weird size, are you sure it's not 30.0 or 30.8 (two
standard sizes).

It's an unusual size, but it was used by Specialized for their oversized
steel Rockhoppers and Stumpjumpers. It corresponds to a seat tube with a
31.8mm outside diameter and 0.7mm nominal wall thickness.

My 94 Stumpy has a Syncros 425mm post that size. It cost a bunch, but
it has lasted a decade without problem. The stock Specialized seatpost
on those bikes was pretty short, probably 330mm. That was the first
thing I replaced. I don't think Syncros is around anymore, but the
Thompson post is probably a decent follow-on.

Justen

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In article <[email hidden]>,

justen said:

James Thomson said:

Quoted message said:

30.4 is a weird size, are you sure it's not 30.0 or 30.8 (two
standard sizes).

It's an unusual size, but it was used by Specialized for their oversized
steel Rockhoppers and Stumpjumpers. It corresponds to a seat tube with a
31.8mm outside diameter and 0.7mm nominal wall thickness.

My 94 Stumpy has a Syncros 425mm post that size. It cost a bunch, but
it has lasted a decade without problem. The stock Specialized seatpost
on those bikes was pretty short, probably 330mm. That was the first
thing I replaced. I don't think Syncros is around anymore, but the
Thompson post is probably a decent follow-on.

http://www.mountainbike.com/community/article/1,4823,3961_621,00.html

Syncros more or less stopped existing for a while, but the brand has
been revived by Ritchey. It does run as a separate, Vancouver-based
design house. That's not a snipe: what with the outsourcing of so much
manufacturing, a great number of bike and component makers act more as
design houses, or in some cases, assemblers, for a great majority of
their bikes and bits. There are several exceptions.

This isn't to denigrate these production methods, either. The design
expertise can be usefully separated from the manufacturing, for the most
part, and the result is better, cheaper bikes.

Syncros calls its new lineup of parts "generation 2." They have some
carryovers from the old designs, but they don't have a 30.4 seatpost.
Shimming should allow you to use a close size. The Thompson post is the
benchmark in the field these days.

http://syncros.com/seatposts.htm

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