Seat post slippage on an cyclo cross bike

Diver-m
Diver-m Posts: 158
edited September 2011 in Workshop
Following a move to the countryside I have just recently purchased a Spec Crux and I am just getting use to riding bridleways and firepaths and being shaken about.

My querry is about the the seat post. The bridelways I am cycling have been rutted by tractors and are pretty rough to cycle, today was excetionally rough going and I noticed that my seat post had slipped. This may have been because I had fiddled with it earlier on in the ride, because I think that it had slipped from the previous ride and had not tighted it enough, but it may not. My question is, Is seat post slippage something had I should expect following rough riding

Is there anything else I should keep any eye on following a rough ride

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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Assembly paste and make sure the clamp is tightened correctly - get a Ritchey Torqkey if necessary.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I too would suggest if the post is still slipping after correctly torqueing the clamp bolt, you get hold of some carbon assembly paste. It's got little plastic gritty bits in it which help to stop components sliding. I use it to good effect on my carbon post / ally frame, and also where the saddle clamp pivots on the post.
  • Twostage
    Twostage Posts: 987
    Diver-m wrote:
    Is there anything else I should keep any eye on following a rough ride
    I've just switched routes from one that had a couple of miles of roughish cycle track. The whole bike was getting rattly and the final straw was a snapped seat bolt.
    I'm now on a road only route which is a shame. The bike is staying cleaner though :)

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