Bike comes with frame integrated bolt seatpost clamp – can I cut it off and use QR?

Asked by: Greg Fueston

How do you use a quick release seatpost clamp?

Quote from video: If the saddle moves after locking the quick-release lever. Open the lever and tighten the adjusting nut check the alignment of your saddle. And you're done.

How do you change a seat post clamp?

Quote from video: Start by loosening the clamp and raising the seat post as much as possible. You may need to feed excess cable into the frame in order to fully remove the dropper. Post.

How do seatpost clamps work?

The seat post clamp goes around the top of the tube. When the clamp bolt is tightened, the frame material flexes slightly (the slot allows this flex to occur) and tightens against the seat post. This, of course, is what holds your post in place.

What does a bike seat clamp do?

Seat clamp is used to secure the seatpost when inserted into the bicycle frame. It comes with different diameter as each bicycle seat tube varies in its diameter. It is important to note that the internal diameter of the seat clamp must be similar to the external diameter of the seat tube.

How does quick release clamp work?

The trigger mechanism allows the jaws of the clamp to be opened and closed one-handed, leaving the other hand free. With each press of the trigger the moveable jaw slides towards the other jaw, closing them together and allowing for fast and easy positioning.

Why does my bike seat keep moving side to side?

A seat that swivels back and forth or that moves up and down probably has a loose stem. The stem is the long piece of the seat that slides into the frame. Bikes have one of two connections at the intersection of the stem and frame. Newer styles may have a lever on the body that holds the stem in place.

Do you grease a seatpost clamp?

Use grease if you have a steel or aluminum seatpost and frame. If either the frame or seatpost is carbon fiber, do not use grease. Oftentimes you can prep your seatpost with carbon paste, as we are doing, but make sure to check with your frame and your seatpost manufacturers’ recommendations prior to applying anything.

How do you open a seat clamp?

Quote from video: One is there is a pin in your clamp. Make sure it's in the cutout area here on the back of the seat tube.

What is a seatpost clamp?

A circular metal collar located at the top of the seat tube, as the name suggests its job is to firmly clamp down on said tube to hold the seatpost in place, preventing the saddle from rotating or the post from sinking into the frame.

How tight should seat post be?

Senior Retro Guru. If you have the right size post you should not have to crank down the clamp to stop it from slipping – a correctly fitted post will slide smoothly into a greased seat tube with very little effort and should stay put with only a firmly tightened QR.

What holds a bike seat in place?

1 – Seat collar/clamp: This is a small, circular, metal clamp that is used to hold the seat post in place and prevent the saddle from moving or slipping into the seat tube. 2 – Saddle/Seat: The portion of the bicycle that the rider sits on to pedal a bicycle.

How do you measure a seatpost clamp?

Quote from video: Now you can use your caliper set to millimeters to measure the outer diameter of your frame on opposite sides of the sea tube some of these sizes are close like 34.9 millimeter and 36.4 millimeters.

How do you release a quick clamp?

Quote from video: Now quick release it goes quick release recent school quick release is we pull the other trigger which releases the clamp again like so pull the other trigger releases the clamp like.

How do you release a trigger clamp?

Quote from video: Again two fingers pull the release trigger. Which is that one there and the clamp for releases.

What is a quick action bar clamp?

A quick-action bar clamp comprises a body, a slide bar, clamp mechanism, a drive assembly and a pawl assembly. The slide bar has a series of teeth along one edge and is movably mounted in the body.

How do you tighten a quick release clamp?

Quote from video: Here. I usually do this with my fingers on the fork blade. And I put the palm of my hand on the quick-release. So I can use that leverage to tighten it up.

How do you install a quick release bike seat?

Quote from video: Through the frame. You'll take your second bushing with the sleeve the sleeve again going into the frame. And your seat tightening knob no cutting this by hand. And how it works is once it's tight.

How do you quick release a bike seat?

Quote from video: Tube the seat tube actually is getting squeezed where that slot is okay now the opening on the clamp. And that slot have to be lined up just like that so that it can squeeze the slot.

How do you tighten a quick release bike seat?

Open the quick-release lever, and turn the adjustment knob clockwise a bit. As you tighten the adjustment knob, you’ll be able to close the quick-release more securely, but if you tighten the knob too much, you won’t be able to close the quick-release lever at all.

Can you over tighten quick release?

you cant overdo it. You definitely can over do it and it can potentially cause damage to the qr lever if you do. The cheaper open cam skewers can be nearly impossible to over tighten, or even get tight enough unless you lubricate the interface between the lever cam and the concave washer though.

How tight should seat post be?

Senior Retro Guru. If you have the right size post you should not have to crank down the clamp to stop it from slipping – a correctly fitted post will slide smoothly into a greased seat tube with very little effort and should stay put with only a firmly tightened QR.