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Old July 1st 03, 03:58 PM
Anthony Sloan
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Default Who makes a strong seat post?



Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:

Over the weekend we bought my wife a Giant NRS1, that came fitted with a
Titec x-wing seatpost. The past models all had a pathetically
underdesigned clamp that broke. Often.

Now they've addressed the clamp, but in doing so have introduced the
need to have a 5mm allen key AND a 15mm open end wrench just to adjust
the stupid thing.



My X-Wing was okay - I replaced the clamp with the new one and it works
fine. What do you need an open wrench for???

The new clamp design is really for people who couldn't notice that the round
washer wasn't actually round. Not paying attention, kinda brain-dead, etc.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training




This clamp has a bolt that goes through a small wedge and then into the
two hlves of the rail clamp. The wedge is free to turn, and does so if
you try to turn the bolt to adjust the seat angle/setback. As it is
wedge shaped, when it turns, it takes up the slack of the bolt backing
out, so you need a wrench or a pair of pliers to hold it in place.

I notice that Titec has removed this design from their current line up....

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