Yeah so this is kinda silly..Building up a new frame (Cove Shocker). Seatpost collar is 34.9. Then I went on www.ebay.com and bought a Thomson seatpost collar, size is 34.9. BUT IT DONT FIT!. I can still rotate my seat around when the clamp is all done up. Any options for a fixin..
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Yeah, I know I could get another one but I am trying to avoid that. Is there like a way I can shim this ish or something? Dont see why Thomson would label a 34.9 seatpost clamp 34.9 when it does not fit.
Are you sure you have the correct size post?
Yep correct size on everything. Really wish they marked it as 35.0 not 34.9.
35.0/34.9 is the same ish in the land of seat collars. Is the clamp bottoming out on itself?
Why not buy another on amazon.com surely you could get a deal!
Chain, yeah that's what I assumed but not the case here. Even when I tighten it down enough to make contact (which I should not be doing) I can still spin the seat, granted it takes a little more effort.
Umm ok. So if my name was www.ridemonkey.com would I also get banned?
I cleaned up the thread. I'm going to start banning assholes who attack newbies for no good reason. IH8Rice has a 24 hour vacation as a warning.
I don't really see a reason to ban a user because their username is a popular website. If you get some crap for it and decide you want something different, just PM me.
In regards to the question, is the clamp excessively loose on the seat tube when it's untightened? Or does the seatpost have any wiggle room when you insert it in the seat tube? Sounds like something has some poor tolerances.
I don't really see a reason to ban a user because their username is a popular website. If you get some crap for it and decide you want something different, just PM me.
In regards to the question, is the clamp excessively loose on the seat tube when it's untightened? Or does the seatpost have any wiggle room when you insert it in the seat tube? Sounds like something has some poor tolerances.
I saw on the Cove website that they have a 30mm seatpost, are you 100% sure you have that?
He's talking about the clamp/collar. But yeah, 30.0mm is a weird size for seatposts, could be the issue..
IH8RICE spreads enough negativity and unpleasantness that he should consider it good fortune that he only got a 24 hour ban. My email address is the same as my username @ ridemonkey.com if he wants to talk about it.
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Yep it is a 30.0 I-Beam post. At this point I guess I might as well look for something else. Might be worth getting in contact with Thomson about?
Is the post snug in the seattube prior to clamping it down?
My money is on Thompson having the proper tolerances. They know what they are doing.
Sounds like the post might be a little under.
Sounds like the post might be a little under.
Yep the post was a little bit under, should I assume that the other I-Beam post I have on its way over will have the same problems?