Absolutelybikes / USE Alien clamp

andyrr
andyrr Posts: 1,827
edited October 2008 in Workshop
Anyone used Absolutelybikes before ?
Google search for a USE Alien Cyclops seatclamp turned up them as having one at a decent price and in stock. Otehr places (CRC etc) don't keep them in stock.
Unfortunately their website seems to not have the requisite box to click on to add to basket for some parts, this one being one of them.
I want to replace the existing 2-bolt clamp with the cyclops 1-bolt as my saddle has slipped in the clamp (after a good few years having been held nice and firmly) and the stupid tiny hex head holts are never ever going to come loose and likely will be totally seized in the threaded part of the clamp. I do like the post so for £15 I should be able to resolve the issue but who at USE ever thought about using such a minute bolt should be shot.
<Rant over>

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  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    I agree about the bolt - tiny head but also soft metal. Impossible to tighten without rounding it. I got a better replacement one from Stagonset, this resolved the issue (I got two, just in case).
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,827
    Cheers : 2 quick Q's :
    Were you replacing the 2-bolt bolts or 1 ?
    If the 2 bolt (like mine) you don't happen to know the bolt specs do you ?
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    andyrr wrote:
    Cheers : 2 quick Q's :
    Were you replacing the 2-bolt bolts or 1 ?
    If the 2 bolt (like mine) you don't happen to know the bolt specs do you ?
    Sorry, it was the single bolt one. I got an M4 x 50mm and an M4 x 40mm - can't remember which one I used though. I would hazard a guess that the two bolt one also uses M4, any smaller would be minute.

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