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frist carbon frame for me just wanted to know what OP use to lubricate the post ,will wp grease be fine. and HAPPY CHRISTMAS 😀
No grease, it can delaminate the carbon and cause it to swell, carbon paste is the stuff you want..
[url= http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/22881/Pace_RC005_Carbon_Composite_Shield_Paste?gclid=CIrD29verbQCFQ7LtAodyxUAKA ]Like this[/url]
Or nothing.
Carbon Assembly Paste (goes by various other names).
Essential for ali into carbon. Aside from reducing the clamping force required it helps a lot with reducing galvanic corrosion. Carbon + Ali (or steel) + water (with salt even better) = seat post bonded to frame.
And it's no myth. Happened to me after the paste I had applied had worn off due to constant shifting of post up and down and then leaving the thing in the frame for a couple of weeks without riding. Took a big hammer to free it and the post has a lot of corrosion marks on it now (the frame seems okay however).
Some manufacturers now recommend the paste on posts and bars, even just for ali stuff on ali/steel frames etc.
Cherrs people Merry Christmmas 😀