On Sep 9, 9:59*pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
first round of boxen appeared at my porch this afternoon from my holiday
ordering spree, including a box from McMaster-Carr. *Got rid of the
kludgy quick release seatpost clamp (including several unattractive and
mismatched spacers) and after a little gentle reshaping with a large
screwdriver inserted a nice 6mm socket head cap screw. *Trek saw fit to
make this nice little recess in the boss so it all looks clean and
finished when properly put together, why do people feel it necessary to
try to improve on elegant perfection?

Ahhh, that's better. *You have no idea how much that bothered me.

Damn right too. There's a price bracket of bikes -- and it probably
doesn't start all that high -- where you can expect decent comfort and
components, but which can be ruined by the small things. It's been
years since I had a bike with something major wrong with it but
exactly the same sort of detail that bothers you sends me up the wall;
nothing ruins a ride quicker than your eye falling on some kludgy or
just plain wrong OEM detail. God bless mailorder and the Internet! --
Andre Jute

Now if I just had the tools I ordered, I could start repacking bearings
and thinking about putting it all back together...

Oh, and good TiN coated taps - way better than Chinese junk. *But you
knew that already.

nate

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