extra long seat post => hard to budge??

[ted]

Does having a lot of post down in the seat tube make it more prone to
sticking?
I went to adjust a post on a recent acquisition yesterday, and found I
couldn't budge it. I thought perhaps I had a dreaded "stuck post". So
I pulled the clamp bolt out, flexed the clamp ears a bit, applied some
penetrating oil and left it for later. Today I put a b-17 on it
adjusted square to the axis and with a lot of effort got the thing to
twist a bit. Since is was so hard to budge I figured I better pull it
all the way out. Turns out it's really long, like you could run close
to a foot of post showing long.
Could it being so long have contributed to my difficulty adjusting it?

[PATRICK MOORE]

I'd say, "no sh*t"! Ask me how I know!

The shite Big 5 cruiser I just turned into something rideable for a
charity recipient (thanks to those who donated parts for the cause)
had a (expletive deleted), low end, 300 mm suspension post shoved
through a shim and all the way down until the clamp bottomed out on
the frame. Getting that POS out was a real chore! (It was replaced by
a very nice 27.0 Ritchey Force sp very strangely cut down to about 100
mm long (that's right), but as the recipient is short, this worked
well.)

[BTW: here it is, both before and after.

https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5823569176782452770

https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5823820300053057762]

Patrick Moore, who just found that a 25.4 mm seatpost works fine in a
25.0 seat tube with the addition of grease and a mallet.

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Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA
For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW
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[Garth]

not really ... as long it was greased.

I've found my Bombadil frame is much snugger fitting than any other frame I have had. Long or short seatpost ... it's a pita to move around .   So it's likely more the steel tubing variation you are experiencing .

[Garth]

oh .. and frame saver ..lol .  If you have any in the upper seatpost , remove it .... that's stuff is very sticky !

[Ron Mc]

hack saws work fine - I cut 5 inches from a Thompson seat post and it's everything I need now.  

[Allingham II, Thomas J]

That bike turned out very nicely, Patrick -- recipient must be most happy.

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From: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PATRICK MOORE
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 8:49 PM
To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] extra long seat post => hard to budge??

I'd say, "no sh*t"! Ask me how I know!

The shite Big 5 cruiser I just turned into something rideable for a charity recipient (thanks to those who donated parts for the cause) had a (expletive deleted), low end, 300 mm suspension post shoved through a shim and all the way down until the clamp bottomed out on the frame. Getting that POS out was a real chore! (It was replaced by a very nice 27.0 Ritchey Force sp very strangely cut down to about 100 mm long (that's right), but as the recipient is short, this worked
well.)

[BTW: here it is, both before and after.

https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5823569176782452770

https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5823820300053057762]

Patrick Moore, who just found that a 25.4 mm seatpost works fine in a
25.0 seat tube with the addition of grease and a mallet.

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:14 PM, ted <ted....@comcast.net> wrote:

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[Montclair BobbyB]

Having barely survived from SPS (Stuck Post Syndrome) on my steel Niner MTB with a LONG aluminum Thomson seatpost, I make sure I keep the seat tube clean and lots of grease.

Others may recommend different preventive measures, but whatever you do DON'T leave it dry.

BB