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Unpopular opinion: Most shops are still torquing carbon seatposts wrong
I just had a customer bring in a carbon frame with a cracked seat tube, and it was the third one this month. Every single time, the issue was the same: someone used a torque wrench but put the paste on the binder bolt threads, not the seatpost. The paste goes on the post itself to stop the micro movement that causes the real damage. I learned this from a Cervelo rep five years ago at a trade show, and it's saved me a ton of headache. How many of you still see this as the standard mistake in other shops?
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lucas9722mo agoTop Commenter
That paste method sounds backwards to me.
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amy_reed792mo agoMost Upvoted
My buddy said the same thing until he tried it. Now he swears by it.
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zara_allen9d ago
Happens all the time. It's like when people put WD-40 on everything without reading the label first. The paste on the threads thing is a classic shortcut. Most folks just grab the tube and squeeze it anywhere that looks metal. They skip the real step. The same people probably don't check their tire pressure before a long ride either. It's a lazy habit that costs people real money.
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