Anti-seize/friction paste.

Just bought an uppy/downy post but after searching through my inventory of pastes etc i don’t have any Anti-seize/friction-type-stuff.It’s going into an anodised aluminium shim which is going into an alu seatpost on the bike. I’ve some copperslip to hand but i always associated using that where heat is an issue i.e. brakes/exhausts etc. Enlighten me, folks! 😯

It’s normally recommended to use an abrasive grease so you don’t have to clamp it so tightly, this helps prevent the innards being squished into submission, and subsequent phone calls about how the post isn’t working properly.If you can wait, i’ll send you a pack on Monday(if I remember).

An “abrasive grease” – blimey, another term i’ve not met… is that related to Friction Paste? The Destructions state Not Grease… confusion reigns ❓

Pace carbon paste, and finish line carbon paste both work well…

They list a torque setting for your seat binder. If your post doesn’t sink at that setting, don’t worry about it. If it holds with a little grease or copper slip, that’s fine as well. If it does slip, then you need to try some finish line, ritchey or pace carbon paste.

Yep, friction paste if you like, basically a grease with fine sand in it, the grease limiting corrosion, the sand providing friction. As said earlier, i’ve got a spare sachet in work that I can send you, e-mail in profile if you want to send me your adress.

Friction paste should be banned if someone suggested sanding your seat post would you do it

Methinks i’ll pop into the lbs Monday and confuse myself a bit more. As the post came from them i’ll use their stuff (if any). Cheers Coatsey for the offer, looks like i need to learn more stuff!

Actually, the trailside cure for a slipping post is to rub some dirt on it, so yes, I would “sand” my post in that sense if I needed to.

The instructions with my dropper seatpost (KS Lev) said to use either carbon paste or anti-sieze (not grease). This came as a surprise to me; I had some Park anti-sieze on hand so I used that and it has worked just fine.

Don’t think anybody suggested sanding seatposts, it’s a dropper post, slide it in, adjust it’s height, then leave it there. The main idea is that you don’t need to keep sliding it up and down, so abrasion shouldn’t be much of an issue.

The bicycle world where shitty engineering is quite common I don’t actually care what you put in there if its staying I loctite it with low strength retainer

A seat post doesn’t need to slide up and down to wear out a seat post or it’s alloy liner

Think its fine plastic or carbon balls rather than sand, i.e. it doesn’t scratch the paintwork 😀

Forgot to add the new post will be swapped between two bikes – a different size shim for each of my two frames, so just the shims will be (relatively) fixed…

If It’s moving regularly, I’d leave it dry unless you find you have slipping issues.