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Date: 07/17/2009
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<------------------ SOLD ------------------> 3ttt Criterium seat post - 26.2 mm (NOS)
3ttt Criterium seat post - one piece cast construction with fluted shaft and "limit line" - T6 heat treatment with polished finish - Black anodized head and decorative flutes - one bolt single pivot clamp - 25 mm offset - 180 mm x 26.2 mm - model Criterium RSCAL ... [NOS seat post itself with extremely clean but USED clamping hardware - these seat posts offer a simple and yet incredibly secure single bolt micro adjusting pivot clamp - the only potential drawback with respect to consideration for selection might be the fact that 3ttt Criterium seat posts from the early 1980’s were only produced in a single overall length of 180 mm and are, therefore, inappropriate for applications requiring a taller post - in this particular instance, I basically robbed this otherwise NOS component of its clamping hardware to use on the 27.2 mm version of same currently installed on my Pino Morroni thereafter substituting the lightly used bits from that other post (...you will NEVER be able to tell the difference once you mount a saddle onto it) - use a standard 1 mm shim or one "custom cut" from a beer can to adapt this 26.2 mm seat post to a more common 27.2 mm application]