Having barely survived from SPS (Stuck Post Syndrome) on my steel Niner MTB with a LONG aluminum Thomson seatpost, I make sure I keep the seat tube clean and lots of grease.
Others may recommend different preventive measures, but whatever you do DON'T leave it dry. BB On Thursday, December 20, 2012 8:14:45 PM UTC-5, ted wrote: > > Does having a lot of post down in the seat tube make it more prone to > sticking? > I went to adjust a post on a recent acquisition yesterday, and found I > couldn't budge it. I thought perhaps I had a dreaded "stuck post". So > I pulled the clamp bolt out, flexed the clamp ears a bit, applied some > penetrating oil and left it for later. Today I put a b-17 on it > adjusted square to the axis and with a lot of effort got the thing to > twist a bit. Since is was so hard to budge I figured I better pull it > all the way out. Turns out it's really long, like you could run close > to a foot of post showing long. > Could it being so long have contributed to my difficulty adjusting it? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Q1cK1Wu-k6sJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
