old seat post in new bike

stabeek

Hi,

Well I got hold of a nice leather saddle from an old bike .. the fitting is fairly rusted up, but it's solid (so I need to use the old seatpost). But on the new bike (which is where I want to put it) the seat post is wider so the old seat post won't fit it. There's a gap of about 1-2mm.

My first thought was, well, that's it, no go. But I'm looking around the CRC website and they do have spacers for headsets and then shims for seatpposts, and though I'm clueless as to ow these should be used, I started to think that maybe I gave up on the old seatpost too soon.

Any suggestions? Thanks in adv.

claiva

I would definitely remove the saddle from the old seat post and put the saddle onto the existing seat post (on your bike).
Spray loads of WD40 on the rusted parts and leave overnight

post some pics if poss

Morgan

You can use a shim if necessary. Measure the old seatpost diameter and your new one. Buy the appropriate shim to make up the difference. (or simply swap the post as suggested above).

stabeek

Thanks for the suggestions claiva and Morgan.

stabeek

Thanks for the suggestions claiva and Morgan.