Scandium seat post ?

KonaMike · February 2008

Apologies for my ignorance but I have just ordered a Control Tech Scandium seatpost for my bike,I mentioned it to my mate on the phone earlier and he says you dont grease Scandium posts. I was under the impression that it was Carbon that you didnt need to grease,after all Scandium is an alloy . Anyone know ??

z000m · February 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandium

The Big Cheese · February 2008

I would put a little grease on it my friend - hope that answers your question.

Although we are now the forum's leading experts on Scandium thanks to WikiPedia - although no mention in there about greasing your scandium seatpost

supersonic · February 2008

Its an aluminium alloy, with added scandium, rather than pure scandium. Grease with a non lithium grease.

http://www.salsacycles.com/materials.html

allthegearnoidea · February 2008

i read in mbuk techy bit a couple of years ago that you should or could grease carbon to stop it creaking/screeching??
i know i have greased my alloy post as on my old full susser it used to creak quite a bit! took me forever to trace it!!

Ciaran500 · February 2008

Nope, don't put regular grease on carbon. It gets into the weave and it expands so you have a nice stuck seatpost. There are special carbon safe greases you can buy if you really need them.

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