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Seatpost bolt stripped on a Sunday ride, learned a trick with a hose clamp
Had a seatpost binder strip out on me yesterday about 12 miles into a group ride near Tacoma. Old aluminum frame, steel bolt, and the PO must have overtorqued it so the threads just gave up. Nobody had the right size spare so I grabbed a small hose clamp from my saddle bag, wrapped it around the post collar, and cinched it down over the existing clamp. Got me home the last 8 miles without the saddle dropping. Anyone else carry weird emergency parts like that, or is it just me being paranoid with my bag full of zipties and spoke wrenches?
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gavinw4515d ago
Man that sucks but you saved yourself a long walk with that clamp trick. I keep a couple of those tiny hose clamps in my bag too along with the usual zipties and a few chain links. Had a guy in our group snap a rear derailleur cable last year and we got him home with a short piece of cable and a cable crimp we scrounged up. Being the guy with a heavy bag beats standing on the side of the road waiting for a ride. I'd rather carry the extra weight than get stranded out there.
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