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[Closed] Carbon Fibre - Grease Seatpost

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Hi,

I've got a creaking noise coming from a Carbon Seatpost in a Carbon Frame. I seem to recall that I have to use a special grease, is this true, and if so any recommendations, and where I can buy online.

Thanks WipeOut


 
Posted : 19/05/2009 11:10 am
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I got some of the Pace stuff from 18Bikes


 
Posted : 19/05/2009 11:11 am
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dont use normal grease , can cause the material to swell and stick.

We use finishline fibre grip in the workshop.


 
Posted : 19/05/2009 11:13 am
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Ditto druidh. I think you can also get it direct from Pace if you have trouble finding it. Though when I started to use it on bikes with alu post/frames, they started creaking!? - posts didn't slip though!


 
Posted : 19/05/2009 11:18 am
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Ohh heck, I was hoping to reduce the creaking noise not increase it. ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 19/05/2009 11:21 am
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Make sure you get the right grease or like Rat says your post will uh swell, fnar, fnar..


 
Posted : 19/05/2009 11:28 am
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Mine seems to creak with carbon grease, normal grease or no grease, this is an alloy post in a carbon Zaskar frame. The only solution I've found is to tighten it up as tight as I can, which I'm not a fan of doing.

The frame does look like it has some sort of aluminium shim inside so I'm not sure what sort of grease I'm supposed to be using. I've tried an SDG IBeam post and a Thomson post with the same results.

Bah ;(


 
Posted : 19/05/2009 11:31 am