I've recently bought my first bit of carbon, an EC70 post but a friend said i'm asking for trouble (snapped post up the backside!)
It's for my BFe which i ride in the usually muddy/gritty peaks and i'm a serial post put upper and downer.
I know from other posts that it will get scratched but will this end in tears with the carbon one!
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Get some carbon friendly grease (other grease can cause the carbon to delaminate apparantly). Pace do one. Its pretty pricey at about £9 for a tiny pot, but you won't use much so it'll last ages
I got mine from 18 bikes in hope
My carbon post had lost its outer shiney layer and was starting to become difficult to raise/lower. The grease seems to fill in the gaps, its now easy to raise/lower and it hides the scratches. I just add a little more if it starts to become a little sticky in the frame
I've got an EC70 and I've stopped using it on my bike where I tend to rise/lower the saddle fairly often and stuck it on my XC bike where it tends to remains static. My post has a kind of lacquer on it which was starting to come away at the bottom.
I've had an FSA carbon post up and down a lot. Aside from looking scratched, I haven't had any trouble. Then the clamp bolt snapped, which proves that
a. It's a poor clamp design (newer ones have a different clamp)
b. That impact didn't finish off the actual carbon
I would get some of that carbon grease, but haven't got around to it yet.
thanks folks,