spokewench - If it's a stock seatpost, it should be plenty long. I just checked a 17.5" model - it has a 350mm post in it.
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 15 of 18
Thread: Just riding along...
Hybrid View
-
12-06-2007, 03:50 PM #1
formerly "bikemom"
- Join Date
- Mar 2006
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
- Posts
- 612
-
12-06-2007, 06:32 PM #2
Registered User
- Join Date
- Feb 2007
- Location
- Oregon
- Posts
- 1,131
OMG! Thank goodness it's something you didn't discover going downhill or on a jump.
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
2007 Rodriguez Adventure/B72
2009 Masi Soulville Mixte/B18
1997 Trek 820 Step-thru Xtracycle/B17
-
12-06-2007, 08:42 PM #3
Holly magnet.
- Join Date
- Jan 2005
- Location
- Off eating cake.
- Posts
- 1,700
It was the stock seatpost. Had a good couple of cm more than the minimum insertion line in there. No idea how long the replacement will take. Depends a bit what's in the country at the moment, etc. Sounds like I can chip in some cash as well to upgrade, should I chose. The short-travel Fuel 7 would look nice with all my bits on it.
Last edited by DirtDiva; 12-06-2007 at 08:48 PM.
Drink coffee and do stupid things faster with more energy.
-
12-07-2007, 09:14 AM #4
TimeTrial Wannabe
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Middle Earth
- Posts
- 3,997
Whoa, Diva... scary!
I know its repetitive, but so glad this didn't happen while you were trying out some wylde move!
You say long-tewrm fatigue - so how long have you had the bike... or perhaps more relevantly approx how many hours or miles has it done...?
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow".
-
12-07-2007, 05:15 PM #5
Holly magnet.
- Join Date
- Jan 2005
- Location
- Off eating cake.
- Posts
- 1,700
Me too! Not that I really do wylde moves (I'm all talk
), but I certainly ride much more challenging terrain in much more isolated places at times.
I've had the bike since July 2005. Goodness knows how may hours of use it's had. A reasonable amount, but nothing over the top. Plus, it's always been treated like the kind of bike it is - a cross country hardtail - not a huck machine. Personally, I think the stock seatpost probably was at fault - barely long enough for a frame of that shape (30cm, perhaps less) and never quite as tight-fitting as it ought to have been. But then again, I know nothing about metal engineering and such.
Anyway, the distributor told me to take it into a local dealer for them to eyeball it and such, so that's where it's at at the moment.Last edited by DirtDiva; 12-07-2007 at 05:23 PM.
Drink coffee and do stupid things faster with more energy.
Reply With Quote
