Seat post problem

[Phil_on_uni]

Hey all you kids out there.

I just broke my GB4 seat post. I love that seat post. But they do not
make them anymore.

I would like to know if anyone out there has one they could part with.


If not that then, What other seat posts are really good?

I have a standard Bedford fork but i don't know what the hole size is.
Any one know?

And lastly I am a welder. So i could just fix it my self but i have
forgotten what those posts are made out of. Aluminum, steel, chromoly?
:confused:

If anyone has answers to any of these questions that would really help
me get my uni going again.

Thanks


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[madmattunipro]

Bedford unis use a 22.2mm post, I believe.

They aren't really available at bike shops(In my experience) because
bikes all use larger posts.

Bedford can set you up with steel, aluminum, or a carbon fiber seat
post of this size. (I find the aluminum one he sent me to be great)

Hope this helps.

-madmatt


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[TonyMelton]

Yup looks like your frame's ID will be 22.2mm, as the GB4 post has a
22.2mm OD: http://www.gb4mfg.com/seatpost.html

If the plate has not broken then it is possible to repair it by cutting
off the plate and rewelding it onto a tube of 22.2mm OD. This tube
could either be a standard unicycle seatpost with its plate cut off, or
better yet is to get a BMX 'candlewick' seatpost in 22.2mm OD. These
are a length of 22.2mm diameter tube which some older style BMXs used
as their seatposts. Ask your local bike shop for one [the ones I've
bought cost me about USD8 or NZD10]. I've repaired several 22.2mm
seatposts in this manner.


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