bikewriter
03-27-2004, 08:23 AM
I know this has been mentioned before, and some say the easiest fix is the ol' beer can shim trick, but....
My team has a deal with Giant. The only nitpick was the slippage some had with their 2004 Composite frames and Easton post. No one wanted to put a "beer can" shim in their new rides, but luckily one of the racers is a machinist. He fabricated a sweet lightweight shim for everyone. No more slippage.
Man, that DA10 Composite is nice!
Trevor!
03-30-2004, 02:33 PM
I know this has been mentioned before, and some say the easiest fix is the ol' beer can shim trick, but....
My team has a deal with Giant. The only nitpick was the slippage some had with their 2004 Composite frames and Easton post. No one wanted to put a "beer can" shim in their new rides, but luckily one of the racers is a machinist. He fabricated a sweet lightweight shim for everyone. No more slippage.
Man, that DA10 Composite is nice!
It seems Eastons just don't generally hold in place for most people. I have Giant composite seatpost (The 04 non aero) and don't have issues with it but my EC70 always slipped which just sucked.
I put a set of good digital calipers along the post and noticed that it wasn't ever 27.2" in size anywhere, it always fluctuated by a bit after the decimal place.
Trevor!
RemingtonShowdown
03-30-2004, 04:14 PM
Another simple solution is to give the seatpost a light sanding around the calmp areato roughen it up a bit- those eastons are smooth as glass... yeah it may kill the resale value but come oh well...
jonellis
03-31-2004, 07:05 AM
I use hairspray on my Giant carbon seatpost
benInMA
03-31-2004, 08:10 AM
Hairspray, Clearcoat, and the ingenious invention of a RBR member, coating the seatpost with Fruit preserves and allowing it to dry, all sound easier than shims. :)
Ben
Gumball
06-20-2004, 10:33 PM
Hi, I have had my TCR 2 for a week now and the seat post keeps slipping. I have tried the hairspray idea and I am hoping it works but just in case what do you all mean by the beer can shim? Anyone have pictures or could you please desribe what you mean?
Thanks
KATZRKOL
06-24-2004, 07:24 AM
I know this has been mentioned before, and some say the easiest fix is the ol' beer can shim trick, but....
My team has a deal with Giant. The only nitpick was the slippage some had with their 2004 Composite frames and Easton post. No one wanted to put a "beer can" shim in their new rides, but luckily one of the racers is a machinist. He fabricated a sweet lightweight shim for everyone. No more slippage.
Man, that DA10 Composite is nice!
Shims can create "stress risers" and that's BBBBAADDDD for carbon fiber. I'd stick with sanding (100 grit or a little less) and hairspray! :)