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OP
OP
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That's what I'm thinking off since I bought blue bar tape and cables and bottle holders to make this one all nice and colour coded!
Levo-Lon
Guru
not with that frame..it wont be possible. Tho id try what you said if you had 50mm of free post tube to work with.
id bin it..return if you can be bothered, id just throw it away personally
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Looks like a poor design to me.
There is a very short length of seat tube proud of the join between the seat stay and top tube, which makes it difficult to compress the seat tube to grip the post.
The lower part of the slot won't compress at all, and the top part is too rigid to compress very much, hence the crack.
Probably made worse by it being a small frame.
The Planet X frame in the link below has some tube proud of the weld, so should work.
The Holdsworth one has very little tube proud of the weld, so could suffer from the same problem.
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRPXRT58AFSDP/planet-x-rt-58-alloy-road-frameset
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRHOPRO/holdsworth-professional-frameset-(italian-made)
There is a very short length of seat tube proud of the join between the seat stay and top tube, which makes it difficult to compress the seat tube to grip the post.
The lower part of the slot won't compress at all, and the top part is too rigid to compress very much, hence the crack.
Probably made worse by it being a small frame.
The Planet X frame in the link below has some tube proud of the weld, so should work.
The Holdsworth one has very little tube proud of the weld, so could suffer from the same problem.
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRPXRT58AFSDP/planet-x-rt-58-alloy-road-frameset
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRHOPRO/holdsworth-professional-frameset-(italian-made)
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Just remember to set the correct saddle height first.
I was giving the OP a little credit, but you never know.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Looks like Ali so if you can get it welded you need someone with a TIG welder, might work.
OP
OP
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It's being collected Thursday for a refund. The frame was a bmc streetfire ssx01 to be built up for commuting
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I wouldn't even risk trying it. Potential for very serious injury if that fails while you're giving it the beans.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Exciting is one thing, but potentially lethal quite another!
With the fix I suggested it was unlikely to move.
Globalti
Legendary Member
I've never seen a seatpost clamp like that. Why is it designed that way?
I'd be tempted to cut off the top of the seat tube, taking the split with it and leaving a smooth end with no stress risers then fit an exterior collar. I might even grind off the lower part of the clamp too and possibly even extend the compression slot. As long as the mod copies the classic design it ought to work. Hard to say though without a better view of the frame.
I'd be tempted to cut off the top of the seat tube, taking the split with it and leaving a smooth end with no stress risers then fit an exterior collar. I might even grind off the lower part of the clamp too and possibly even extend the compression slot. As long as the mod copies the classic design it ought to work. Hard to say though without a better view of the frame.
