Seatpost Size

"shai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have an old French Mercier frame with a seatpost marked 26.6. I want
to replace the seatpost. Is there any leeway at all in the diameter of
the new post I will buy. I know from experience that 27.2 will just
not fit....

Can I squeeze a 26.8? The 26.6 is not very tight -- it easily turns
but never slips when the clamp is tightened.

http://www.bicycleclassics.com/saddles.html
shows you can still get new 26.6 seatposts, although at $39 they are no
bargain.

Thanks -- That's exactly the seatpost -- an old Simplex 26.6 -- fluted
shaft.... But I want to pay $10 for a simple seatpost not $40. Gee
-- how much could .2 mm matter?

shai said:

Thanks -- That's exactly the seatpost -- an old Simplex 26.6 -- fluted
shaft.... But I want to pay $10 for a simple seatpost not $40. Gee
-- how much could .2 mm matter?

Here is one that is not exactly like yours, nor $10, but $15 is close
and it is 26.6mm

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi?id=14811543927&d=single&c=Components&sc=Seatposts&tc=26%20x%20mm&item_id=KY-SP243266S

I am sure if you look around you may find other 26.6mm seatposts that
aren't $40.

Later,
Mark Muller