i need a proper vice like seatclamp for my solaris.

the hope qr one it can with is crap. cant get it tight enough to stop the post slipping. and i dont want to over tighten it and bust it when a shut the lever.

idea’s please.

Salsa.
One of these came with my old Soul. Post never slipped in the 6 or 7 years I was using it.

Do you need to drop it? If not, you can turn that hope one into a bolt-up pretty easily.

not to drop it. just a bog standard bolt one.
didnt want to use the hope one. was gonna sell it once i had a solution.

Is it a Thomson post ? Are you using carbon paste on the post ?

not a thomson. it is a race face.

I couldn’t get a Thomson to stay put in my Soul, but have a Raceface which does. Lots of carbon paste on it, and Hope clamp with a bolt (you can buy a bolt converter for the qr ones)

Edit : it’s a spare post in my case for when the Reverb is broken and away for repair !

Salsa Lip Lock are spotty Dog Tony.

Likewise for a Salsa liplock, nothing but the best and in a multitude of wicked colours too, oooooo.

didnt want to use the hope one. was gonna sell it once i had a solution.

The bolt-up adapters are only a few quid. Got mine from All Terrain in Saltaire.

+1 for the Salsa….makes the Hope look like the POS it is !

Ton remove the qr and stick an m6 bolt through? Had no end of trouble on my solaris with a hope qr. Removed the skewer and shoved a bolt through and it’s perfect. Make sure rhe clamp is the correct way round! Split lines up with the split 🙂

I had a hope one on my charge filter, with a thomson post.
It didn’t slip, but i always felt that i was putting a lot of strain on the bolt to actually tighten it, so i switched to a thomson clamp, much better.
Im a hope fan btw, but not of their seat clamps.

See if you can find a double bolt seat clamp. CRC used to do a Brand X one which was only a few quid and it was solid, ideal for bigger guys.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/brand-x-double-bolt-seat-clamp/rp-prod8213

Another version of the two bolt seat clamp has two different diameters, one to clamp the Seat tube and one to clamp the post. I’ve not used one but I do know they’re available and cost around £25.

sorted now. cheers jamesoz

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A bit lighter.
http://www.xcracer.com/shop/viewproduct.php?productid=351

a bit lighter……..you take the piss matey.
like a bit lighter makes a differance to a 20 stone lump…… 😆

Every bit helps mate. 😛