Adding Seatpost QR to Riv

[Clayton.sf]

Hi All,

Has anyone successfully added a Quick Release Seatpost binder to a Rivendell frame?

I feel like I know what I need in general. QR that is long/short enough that mates with the nut on the other side and some spacers/washers that fit into the space where the hex bolt head usually sits. What I don't (yet) know is what exactly I should use. If anyone has setup that they like particularly well let me know. It will likely save me some trial and error.

Thanks,

Clayton Scott

HBG, CA

[lambbo]

I've been passively wondering about this for ages - it would be SO nice to be able to pop out the seat post in the city, instead of keeping it on with an anti-theft mechanism. 

[lconley]

Boulder Bicycle has a bunch of NOS Campagnolo seatpost quick releases for about $12 each. Look like they might work.

Laing

Cocoa FL

On Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 1:33:43 PM UTC-4, Clayton.sf wrote:

[Craig Montgomery]

You mean like this? 

Craig in Tucson

[Bill Lindsay]

Many Riv demo bikes have QR skewers for the seat.  Ask them. 

Bill Lindsay

EC, CA

On Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 10:33:43 AM UTC-7, Clayton.sf wrote:

[Garth]

  The QR that Riv uses are not anything special, I asked. They clamp on/over each side in total. The hex bolt space doesn't get filled in, so if perfect paint is your thing this is not for you as it's gonna get scuffed. 

  I'd get a steel one myself, like this :

https://thebikeshopstore.com/categories/sunlite-seat-binder-quick-release-6-x-50-60mm-chromoly-steel

On Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 1:33:43 PM UTC-4, Clayton.sf wrote:

[Clayton.sf]

Interesting. Would definitely want to fill the hex bolt space to avoid effin up the paint.

Guess a trip to the hardware store is in the near future.

CSHBGCA

[Justin, Oakland]

You going Hite-Right?

[Clayton.sf]

Nah. Those things don't work. I use to tie some string between saddle rails and seat stays. That made it really easy to find the right height fast after having lowered the post. But then I got lazy and just high-posted it. Now the mtb has a dropper and I use it all the time, so I am thinking of giving the manual dropper another try.

CSHBGCA

[Rod Holland]

I put the Campy QR binders that Mike Kone sells on an Ebisu and a 1982 Sequoyah. Straight-forward installation, good function, and about as pretty as a binder bolt can reasonably be expected to look.

rod