grease with carbon seatpost

should I use grease when installing a carbon seatpost?

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Jim

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should I use grease when installing a carbon seatpost?

Check with your seatpost manufacturer. Most say no.

100% NO. Not needed for Carbon.

Steve H
www.buytrigear.com
www.aero-concepts.com

On 11 Feb 2005 10:11:04 -0800, may have said:

should I use grease when installing a carbon seatpost?

No.

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should I use grease when installing a carbon seatpost?

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Jim

James: I know of no carbon seatpost manufacturer that recommends greasing
carbon seatposts. Back in the day we thought it was because the grease might
contain something hostile to carbon (actually, to the epoxy matrix it's
embedded in), but the best reason not to use grease is that it will increase
the amount of clamping force needed to secure the post, and *that* is most
definitely hostile to carbon.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
IMBA, BikesBelong, NBDA member

wrote:
should I use grease when installing a carbon seatpost?

TIA

Jim

thank you all for the replies

NOOO! I did that. It took a big husky kid at the LBS to get that out. It
turns into glue, don't ask my how.