Nice ti seatposts in 27.0, do they exist?

[choppstar10]

Been looking about for a while now for a natural satin (not polished) in something long 380-400 length.

Would prefer mid 90s but would go for modern if it didn't shout about it too much!

Tricky to find 27.0s these days all seem to be black nasty ones!

Though I saw a dean one not long ago but cant find them now!! anyone help me?? point me in the right direction??

cheers

phil

 

[konaman1]

Syncros ti 27.0 posts come up from time to time.
l bought one on here for my Kona 2 weeks back, £100 mind and the last time l saw one on ebay itfetched £150.
U.S.E made a ti one in 25.0 and a variety of shims to suit most frames, they come up more often for a bit less normally £50 - £100.00
Just keep scanning the for sale section on here and eBay.

 

[24pouces]

1" USE, with the shim…
Perhaps Titec : they made some 26.8mm… so why not a 27mm…

 

[the great roberto]

27.0 is a pig of a size. I just bought a thomson for the zaskar and had done with it !

 

[bagpipes]

I had an old syncros post in a 27.0 that was absoultely worn as far as the finish was concerned. The black was terribly worn off, no decals beyond a partial "y" so I used some nail polish remover and then a bit of 000 steel wool and she looked amazing. (The more you use the wool the brighter it will become though)

Depending on how "good" the finish is, some paint stripper may work too but I'd try this method first on a cheapo post first that you can toss if you mess it up.

Not sure if anyone else has tried this with success or perhaps I just got lucky.

 

[WD Pro]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Might be worth checking its not a typing error though (The guy also sells 27.2) :?

WD

 

[choppstar10]

I've been in touch with that eBay one, the look quite nice and retroish, he shifts a little on the price too.

Don't want polished though, might see if they can do a natural one, or maybe fine sand blast one of the polished ones!!

 

[WD Pro]

Know anyone with a lathe ?

2 mins of a job - Remove all brackets - put it in the chuck - spin it up and (carefully) hold / wrap a 3M green pad on it / around it (start from chuck and slowly move pad to the other end) - remove - wrap the satin end in paper - put in chuck and repeat

It will remove the high gloss / polished look and leave you with a very even matt finish

WD

 

[Caramba Kid]

Morati Ti 27.0 x 370

 

[choppstar10]

Know anyone with a lathe ?

2 mins of a job - Remove all brackets - put it in the chuck - spin it up and (carefully) hold / wrap a 3M green pad on it / around it (start from chuck and slowly move pad to the other end) - remove - wrap the satin end in paper - put in chuck and repeat

It will remove the high gloss / polished look and leave you with a very even matt finish

WD

Ha yeah, I;m a model/patern-maker so I use one most weeks!

I'm always doing a bit of making, modding and resto, but when I'm spending 70-100 quid I'd rather I was just right out of the box.

Might try that if nothing else turns up(excuse the pun)