Re: [RBW] School me on the virtues of keeping my Nitto seatpost over...

[Steve Palincsar]

On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 14:53 -0700, lungimsam wrote:
> ...a seatpost that has the pump built in, so no need to strap on a
> pump on the frame and that means less clutter on the bike, which I
> like.
>
> http://www.thinkbiologic.com/products/postpump-seatpost
>
> I just feel wierd taking off the Nitto. I just like Nitto stuff. It's
> nice. Maybe I am wierd to even waste time thinking about this.


Look at how much trouble you went through to accurately set your seat
height. Care to go through all that again just because you had a flat?

A properly installed seat post has grease on it [unless it's carbon in
which case it has something else smeared on it, "paste" of some kind]
and when you start pumping with that seatpost with pump built in you are
going to get grease on your hands. Not only will that add nastiness to
the grime you've already gotten on your hands, you will also likely
transfer grease on the brake tracks on your rims when you replace the
wheel; that will make your brakes squeal, shudder and stop poorly.

Then there's the matter of the seat clamp. My Nittos have more offset
than the average post, and this one looks as though it might be a zero
offset. And my Nitto posts are two-bolt models, with micro-adjustment.
I doubt this one has a micro-adjusting two-bolt head.

[PATRICK MOORE]

This sounds to me like a huge solution desperately looking for a tiny
problem. Me, I'd hate to have to re-adjust my saddle/post after every
flat.

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:53 PM, lungimsam <john1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...a seatpost that has the pump built in, so no need to strap on a pump on
> the frame and that means less clutter on the bike, which I like.
>
> http://www.thinkbiologic.com/products/postpump-seatpost
>
> I just feel wierd taking off the Nitto. I just like Nitto stuff. It's nice.
> Maybe I am wierd to even waste time thinking about this.
>

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[Eric Norris]

Two of my Dahon folders have pumps built into the seatpost. Nice to have a pump with me all the time.

On my "road-ish" folder, I carry a minipump because I use Presta tubes and the built-in pump is for Schrader valves. However, I was able to help out another rider recently (while on the Dahon) because I was the only cyclist in the vicinity with a Schrader-compatible pump.

--Eric N

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[Joe Bernard]

I'm not sure you can even fit one in a regular frame (note the page says "built for Tern", a folder). I have one on my Dahon, and it's very long and quite heavy. A Nitto post and minipump is a better option. in my opinion.

 

Joe Bernard

Vallejo, CA.

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