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So this is probably a totally ridiculous question, but is it more effective to mount the seat collar with the bolt facing forwards like this:
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Or backwards like this:
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Depends where the slot is ?
Er... the clamping bolt/compressing part of the clamp goes over the split in the tube (i.e photo 2). Simple physics/engineering. As the clamp compresses (at the gap, were the bolt is tightened), it in turn compresses the seat tube, and it contracts where the split is. That is why it is there.
yup, line up with the slot i'd say
Opposite the slot
ooh controversial
not convinced it really matters, unless you undo your seat clamp every couple of minutes the the friction isn't going to be a probelm
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I'm sure I've read that the slot in the clamp is supposed to be opposite the seat tube slot as this provides better stress relief. Probably more of an issue with carbon seatposts. This way, it should also be better at keeping dirt out.
That's what I thought. Surely if the clamping bolt was on the other side from the slot in the frame, the pressure would be distributed more evenly, no?
got mine on sideways with the lever across the front..
Do you vote LibDem too?
i'd be very surprised if anything but the lightest carbon seatpost was effected by this interface, i've never personally seen a seatpost fail anywhere but around the clamp