Does the seat tube have some flat spots near the first cable guide that look suspiciously like over tightened clamp marks or are these On-one design features….they appear to prevent the seat post being fully dropped too.

\gentle bump\. Anyone have or had one?

its a long time since i had one, but i cant recall anything like that.

Nor me (I wish I’d never sold that frame!)

Got one in the garage and will try and have a look in daylight tomorrow.

Iirc the seat tube does change diameter but should be round. Got a BRG 16″ one in the cupboard. Can check if no one else gets back to you.

Thanks all. Confirmation one way or the other would be good, I can then make a call on whether I build it up or bin it along with my lightweight 29er dreams…

Can you slide a seat post inside it and see if the tube is deformed?

If anyone has a spare 16″ SS one, please let me know……

Hi,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you but my early 29er Scandal does not appear to have any flat spots at or near the cable guide on the seat tube.

andyl – Member
Iirc the seat tube does change diameter but should be round…

That’s what mine looks like too.

shortbread_fanylion – Member
…I wish I’d never sold that frame!…

I suspect there’s a few ex Scandal owners with similar regrets. 🙂

I remember when I treated mine to a titanium seatpost (CarbonCycles) it was much longer than what I had been running.

When I slipped it in for the first time, it wouldn’t go all the way down, upon closer inspection there was a small bit of weld blobbed inside the tube, I took a round file to it and gently filed, tested, filed, tested etc until it was a nice fit.

However there was no distortion to the outside of the tube, no flat spots or anything.

-Phill-

Thanks for the responses. I should have checked the frame properly when I bought it. I think I will use a long seat post that sits as deep into the seat tube as I can go and just ride it until the crush becomes a crack and then buy a Sherpa instead if I get on with the whole 29er thing.