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Chinese Carbon Road Bikes => Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components => Topic started by: AJR75 on March 25, 2026, 01:40:05 PM
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When I torque to the recommended 6 and even a bit over, the saddle still rotates forward and back.
I’ve put some carbon paste in, no difference.
What am I doing wrong?
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This is just a very crappy seatclamp design. Try to put the paste inside the seatpost-seatclamp interface.
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i have the same clamp, but i got the srew at the bottom and so far the saddle will only tilt when my 90+ kg ass drops on the nose from a good height.
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i have the same clamp, but i got the srew at the bottom and so far the saddle will only tilt when my 90+ kg ass drops on the nose from a good height.
Happened to me 2 days ago on a 90 km ride on my new 0 offset Seatpost
Almost got the saddle in the ***
How do you prevent this shit from tilting
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from top to bottom:
the grooved part
the part where the max torque is written on (so it is upside down to read)
the clamp
no carbonpaste whatsoever
6 maybe max 8(if you really need to) nm.
bombproove and no tilt at all
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So your saying bolt on bottom rather the top where I have it?
I’m pretty sure I started there & with no carbon paste, CP was last thing I tried. But I’ll give it another go.
It’s a smooth hole in the saddle post (no grooves) so I’m not sure why the orientation would matter as it’s going to be the same interface all the way around - but I’ll give it another go.
I’m reading elsewhere that the 6nm is to protect saddle rails if using carbon rails - but if using steel rails then you can go to 10-12nm 🤷♂️
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So your saying bolt on bottom rather the top where I have it?
I’m pretty sure I started there & with no carbon paste, CP was last thing I tried. But I’ll give it another go.
It’s a smooth hole in the saddle post (no grooves) so I’m not sure why the orientation would matter as it’s going to be the same interface all the way around - but I’ll give it another go.
I’m reading elsewhere that the 6nm is to protect saddle rails if using carbon rails - but if using steel rails then you can go to 10-12nm 🤷♂️
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from top to bottom:
the grooved part
the part where the max torque is written on (so it is upside down to read)
the clamp
no carbonpaste whatsoever
6 maybe max 8(if you really need to) nm.
bombproove and no tilt at all
Ok - so I reversed the setup as suggested and took it for a ride and it does seem more stable for now.
Hopefully that resolves it long term.