Cutting a carbon seatpost
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Can I get away with cutting to the red line, or maybe even orange? Is it a good idea to put a slant in there, like the Fizik posts? Also, what should I coat a carbon post with in an alloy frame? It's a very tight fit and only just came or after a few weeks use. Some lacquer seems to have worn off and left an irregular surface on the post - there was much wiggling to get it out, so it's probably from that...
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Moved to Road by me. Please let us know if this is the wrong forum.
May I suggest that you post a picture of the seatpost, or mention the brand at least?
A rule of thumb for cutting seat posts is that you let it at least extend 1.5 cm past the bottom side of the top tube. slanting means that you can cut it shorter. Roll tape around the place where you want to cut and saw, with a sharp blade through the tape afterwards, finish the cut with nail polish or varnish.
May I suggest that you post a picture of the seatpost, or mention the brand at least?
A rule of thumb for cutting seat posts is that you let it at least extend 1.5 cm past the bottom side of the top tube. slanting means that you can cut it shorter. Roll tape around the place where you want to cut and saw, with a sharp blade through the tape afterwards, finish the cut with nail polish or varnish.
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What do you mean finish the cut with nail polish or varnish? To remove the paint?
If you want to be safe, just measure the distance of the current safe line and just make sure that much is available after the cut. You can get more material off with a slant cut but I don't know if it will work with carbon. Fizik may have added extra carbon to shape it that way.
If you want to be safe, just measure the distance of the current safe line and just make sure that much is available after the cut. You can get more material off with a slant cut but I don't know if it will work with carbon. Fizik may have added extra carbon to shape it that way.
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Frankie - B wrote:Moved to Road by me. Please let us know if this is the wrong forum.
May I suggest that you post a picture of the seatpost, or mention the brand at least?
A rule of thumb for cutting seat posts is that you let it at least extend 1.5 cm past the bottom side of the top tube. slanting means that you can cut it shorter. Roll tape around the place where you want to cut and saw, with a sharp blade through the tape afterwards, finish the cut with nail polish or varnish.
Should the nail polish color match your frame or accents? Is glitter ok?
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The nailpolish needs to glitter and be bright pink.
No, you need to nail polish to bind the strands of the carbon on the face that you cut together again.
@vanmatthew, this is weight weenies, not keep it within standard weenies I have cut a couple of seat posts and it always works.
No, you need to nail polish to bind the strands of the carbon on the face that you cut together again.
@vanmatthew, this is weight weenies, not keep it within standard weenies I have cut a couple of seat posts and it always works.
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Or just cut it with a saw or dremel, insert and ride. Noone is going to see the bottom end, and you don't really need to seal or finish the cut. That's the way I do it with my steerers and seatposts.
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F45 wrote:I balance it on my knee and hit it with my battery powered sawzall. When you ram it in the bike, any carbon shavings will get knocked off. Pretty easy.
What is a sawzall?! Like a chainsaw?! I'm sure that's a very fast way to do it!
I use a chop saw with a carbide blade designed to cut wood. No taping of the post is needed and the finished cut is as good as the factory cut. No splinting or fraying. I also use the same carbide blade to cut aluminum and it goes through aluminum like butter.
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I tried using a big chainsaw, didn't work out too well.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nwmo7OY37Y
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dpkinard wrote:I've used a pipe cutter before, with the small wheel that you tighten one turn and spin around the fork, tighten, spin repeat. It's always going to be straight and 90 degrees.
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This is bad for carbon. You want to cut the fibers, not crush them until they break.
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