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what is the story behind the sale?

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Why the big discount: http://www.vulpine.cc/Blog/british-cycling-companies/to-yolanda-and-alex-athletes-in-life

I bought a Cafe du Cyclist jersey on Saturday from their website but after accepting my order they sent me an email about the website not being updated quickly enough with the stock, no jersey left, so they canceled my order.
Uncool, but a lot less uncool than the sad story behind the sale I guess.

A Frenchman with a seatpost problem, hmm, have you tried turning it round?

ha ! have some rep

What's baffling me is that the seatpost and frame seem to be matched (maybe even sold together at the time, I'm not sure).

So 7Nm allows it to slip and rotate despite carbon paste? Is the torque wrench calibrated?

Having it undertightened it seems is causing more damage to the post due to the post twisting and rubbing against the expanders curved surface.

I don't want to recommend trying to tighten higher than the recommended torque setting in case it cracks your post. (but thats probably what I would do, and if it failed, go back to an aluminium post)

In my case (the seatpost shown on the photograph) it did'nt slip and rotate at 7 Nm, not even at 5 nM using assembly paste. So I guess the torque was too high rather than too low. The thing is I'm a bit afraid to use it as it is now, even with an even lower torque.

To be fair, he used a Look post in a Look frame with the standard Look clamp. What else was he supposed to do?

However, 7Nm sounds like a lot. What's the manufacturer's spec?

More precisely, I initially put 7 Nm (top mark on the seatpost) and went down to 5 Nm after rising the saddle (bottom mark), but both ended up marking the seatpost.

I've spent two hours crawling the web and I've seen lots of opinions on the Look wedge clamp - ergopost issue, some saying they ruined their seatpost, others claiming no problem.

I could'nt yet find an official torque recommendation. The Look Ergopost 2 manual only refers to the saddle clamp torque (15 Nm). They don't say anything about an incompatibility with the wedge clamp. The frame (Look Kx) is too old to find the info on Look's website. I'll see if Look answers to my email.

I have mounted this Look Ergopost seatpost :

using this :

on this frame (Look KX Light) :

at 7 Nm.

After a few rides and adjusting the heigth it looks like this:

Question 1 : Is the damage so bad that I have to get rid of it?
Question 2 : what did I do wrong?
Question 3 : can I fit any replacement seatpost with this frame cluster arrangement?

Nike SB Eric Koston 1

These are the true Koston 1. Memories...

black seatpost / silver stem, like a late-eighties combo in reverse ?

^ this

Nice ! It looks like the one I ride when staying in Correze (it belongs to my father in law, I just thouroughly cleaned it from storage in a dusty barn):

my 1939 trade bike now has a wooden box and a better gear ratio.

Love it.

Nice Film thread@Christof..K

could you stop harassing me at every post it seems you have no trouble doing in the past .... if so ...excuse me bro .........I am Shotgun!

Chritof..K : the French more English than the English still .

Sorry I said the bike was excellent. I won't harass you anymore.

gumwalls seem to be a hip thing this summer

Shit I just switched from gumwall to black Veloflex.

Just caught up on the thread.

I honestly don't care, I might even put this thread on ignore.

No, you can't do that, it'd be like... I don't know... Rod Munch ignoring the Noah's Ark thread. Maybe not as dramatic but you see the point.

no "meanwhile in France" ? I feel insulted.

this could become a meme after all

my eyes... the goggles they do nothing

Ha, there you go ! Looks excellent.
Nutsjesmoar : Sorry I missed the link to the photograph on the previous page. Not only am I unfunny, but I'm also lazy.

I never have fun, nowhere.

t'as qu'as mieux lire

Does "for fun" mean that it's not ridden then ? Looks fun to ride IMO, hence my question.