“torque-itis“ Too funny! I’m usually not like this but I tried to tighten it as much as possible just because I know I’m not as strong as the guys. I’ll take it down a notch.
Thanks also aeroperf! I get to go to a hardware store—one of my favorite types of stores. (I really should have gotten my major in engineering instead of business. ) On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 2:39:28 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Roberta: I have to laugh, since it seems you suffer from the same > hereditary illness that I suffer from: torque-itis. I've broken the same > bolt as yours, and many others as well, and most recently broke a brand-new > seatpost collar -- when I ordered a replacement, I ordered 2 for future > breakage. > > Others will correct me if I am wrong, but I think based on just the > general evidence of decades of bike wrenching that there's nothing > especially strong about seatpost binder bolts, and that any > industry-standard hardware store bolt of the same size will easily hold up > to the torque needed to keep a seatpost in place, assuming that the > seapost, seat tube, and seatpost collar are all to spec. > > I have to keep reminding myself that it doesn't take a great deal of > torque to make a seatpost stay in place -- again, if the post, tube, and > collar all fit as they should. > > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 12:25 PM Roberta <rcha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I snapped the seat post collar (I hope that's what it's called) bolt on >> my Joe Appaloosa while tightening it, got a replacement from a local LBS >> but not sure it's safe. I recall a few months ago someone had something >> similar, but I don't remember the specifics. >> >> Bolt that snapped is marked YTS A2-70, the bottom broken bolt in the pic. >> The new one is unmarked and is the top bolt, assuming the pics don't >> rotate. It's a bit more rounder looking. >> >> Can I use it temporarily or permanently, or just hold out until I get the >> exact match? Learning from this group that one bike is never enough :) , >> I do have an AHH, so I won't be without a bike. >> >> I never thought that I would have enough strength to do this! Just this >> morning, I got the saddle height, tilt, setback just right! That is why I >> was tightening it. >> >> Thanks, Roberta >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/165dbc05-b0f8-4e6e-a0c7-b3505e59491fo%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/165dbc05-b0f8-4e6e-a0c7-b3505e59491fo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8ed7a26e-01df-444f-acf1-853bf6adf838n%40googlegroups.com.
