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    Seat post tolerance in a frame

    Well, it's certainly going to help if the top of the tube HASN'T been distorted by clamping the wrong size of post! It's always a good idea to start out simple and assume you don't have that problem. (I think Einstein had something to say on this.) If your gauge says you need a 27.4mm seatpost...
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    Seat post tolerance in a frame

    I don't think I'm missing the point at all. You have to know both ... the seat tube diameter and the seatpost diameter. You are groping in the dark if you don't know the seat tube diameter. Of course seat posts are never exactly round and of exactly the nominal diameter. There are always...
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    Seat post tolerance in a frame

    Guys, FFS, talk about the blind leading the blind! This is a real downside of forums, where all sorts can post irrespective of their knowledge of cycle mechanics. You end up with lots of "advice" that isn't worth a cup of cold tea, and the odd well-informed post getting lost in the noise. No...
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